主しゅ張ちょう

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主張する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	主しゅ張ちょうする	主しゅ張ちょうしない
Polite	主しゅ張ちょうします	主しゅ張ちょうしません
Past polite	主しゅ張ちょうしました	主しゅ張ちょうしませんでした
Past	主しゅ張ちょうした	主しゅ張ちょうしなかった
Te-form	主しゅ張ちょうして	主しゅ張ちょうしないで
Desire	主しゅ張ちょうしたい	主しゅ張ちょうしたくない
Potential	主しゅ張ちょうできる	主しゅ張ちょうできない
Passive	主しゅ張ちょうされる	主しゅ張ちょうされない
Causative	主しゅ張ちょうさせる	主しゅ張ちょうさせない
Causative passive	主しゅ張ちょうさせられる	主しゅ張ちょうさせられない
Volitional	主しゅ張ちょうしよう
Polite volitional	主しゅ張ちょうしましょう
Imperative	主しゅ張ちょうしろ	主しゅ張ちょうするな
Conditional	主しゅ張ちょうすれば	主しゅ張ちょうしなければ
Tara conditional	主しゅ張ちょうしたら	主しゅ張ちょうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

claim; assertion; opinion; advocacy

Used for stating one's position, belief, or demand firmly, often in debate, negotiation, or formal writing. Can be a noun or a suru-verb.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを強つよく主しゅ張ちょうした。
He strongly asserted his opinion.
その政せい治じ家かは減げん税ぜいを主しゅ張ちょうしている。
The politician is advocating for tax cuts.
彼かの女じょの主しゅ張ちょうには説せっ得とく力りょくがある。
Her argument is persuasive.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を主しゅ張ちょうするto assert/claim something
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの無む実じつを強つよく主しゅ張ちょうした。
He strongly asserted his innocence.
〈人ひと〉の主しゅ張ちょうに反はん論ろんするto argue against someone's claim
彼かの女じょは同どう僚りょうの主しゅ張ちょうに反はん論ろんした。
She argued against her colleague's claim.
主しゅ張ちょうが対たい立りつするfor claims/positions to conflict
両りょう国こくの主しゅ張ちょうが対たい立りつしている。
The two countries' claims are in conflict.
主しゅ張ちょうを裏うら付づけるto back up/support a claim
彼かれは証しょう拠こで自じ分ぶんの主しゅ張ちょうを裏うら付づけた。
He backed up his claim with evidence.

Expressions

記き録ろく欠けん缺けつの主しゅ張ちょうalleging diminution

Kanji

主lord, chief, master
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Related words· 19

意い見けんN4
意見 is a general opinion or view, while 主張 is a forceful assertion of one's position, often in debate or negotiation.
要よう求きゅうN3
要求 focuses on demanding something concrete, while 主張 is the act of insisting on a stated position or belief.
見けん解かいN3
見解 is a formal, analytical viewpoint, while 主張 carries a stronger sense of pushing or defending that viewpoint.
訴うったえN1
訴え is an emotional or legal appeal for understanding or action, while 主張 is simply the firm statement of a claim or opinion.

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申もうし立たて
主張 is a general term for asserting an opinion or claim, while 申し立て specifically denotes a formal statement or complaint made to an authority.
言いい張はるN2
主張する is a neutral, formal word for asserting a claim, while 言い張る adds a nuance of stubborn insistence despite doubt or opposition.
断だん言げんN1
主張 is a broader term for asserting an opinion or claim, often in argument or debate, while 断言 emphasizes a firm, confident statement of fact with no room for doubt.
言いい分ぶんN1
主張 is a formal, assertive claim or argument often used in debates, while 言い分 is a more personal statement of one's own side of a story.
申もうし分ぶんN1
主張 is the general word for an assertion or claim one actively makes, while 申し分 in this sense refers more narrowly to what one has to say for oneself, often in a formal or legal context.
唱となえるN1
主張する means to assert or claim an opinion, while 唱える adds a nuance of publicly advocating an idea with conviction, often as part of a movement.
テーゼ
主張 is a general word for an assertion or claim, while テーゼ specifically implies a formal, structured proposition often used in academic or political discourse.
力りき説せつ
主張 means to assert or claim an opinion, whereas 力説 adds the nuance of doing so with strong, passionate emphasis.
政せい見けん
主張 emphasizes actively asserting or advocating a position, whereas 政見 simply describes what one's political views are.
アピールN2
主張 means asserting one's own opinion or claim firmly, while アピール is making a plea meant to persuade or move an audience or authority.
持じ論ろん
主張 emphasizes the act of asserting or arguing a claim, whereas 持論 emphasizes that the view is the person's own established theory.
掲かかげるN2
主張する means to assert an opinion or claim, while 掲げる implies formally putting forward a principle or slogan as a guiding banner.
提てい唱しょう
主張 is asserting one's own opinion or claim, often defensively in an argument, while 提唱 is about championing a proposal or movement for others to adopt.
頑がん張ばるN5
主張する is the direct verb for asserting a claim, while 頑張る only carries this meaning when someone stubbornly sticks to an opinion.
論ろんじるN3
主張する means to assert or insist on one's own opinion, while 論じる in its argumentative sense covers the broader act of debating differing views.

Don't confuse with

出しゅっ張ちょうN4
主張 (しゅちょう, a claim/assertion) and 出張 (しゅっちょう, a business trip) sound very similar but have completely unrelated meanings.
主しゅ唱しょう
主張 means asserting or insisting on one's own opinion, while 主唱 means actively championing or promoting a cause, even though both share the kanji 主.

Word family

主しゅ張ちょう者しゃ
advocate; proponent; claimant
主しゅ張ちょう通どおり
as claimed; as stated
主しゅ義ぎ主しゅ張ちょう
one's principles and position; one's beliefs and stance
自じ己こ主しゅ張ちょう
self-assertion; asserting oneself

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 主 (shu, 'master, main') and 張 (chō, 'stretch, spread'), literally 'to spread one's main point', hence 'to assert, claim'.