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席巻 (せっけん, sekken) Japanese meaning: sweep over | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 席巻する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 席せっ 巻けん する 席せっ 巻けん しない Polite 席せっ 巻けん します 席せっ 巻けん しません Past polite 席せっ 巻けん しました 席せっ 巻けん しませんでした Past 席せっ 巻けん した 席せっ 巻けん しなかった Te-form 席せっ 巻けん して 席せっ 巻けん しないで Desire 席せっ 巻けん したい 席せっ 巻けん したくない Potential 席せっ 巻けん できる 席せっ 巻けん できない Passive 席せっ 巻けん される 席せっ 巻けん されない Causative 席せっ 巻けん させる 席せっ 巻けん させない Causative passive 席せっ 巻けん させられる 席せっ 巻けん させられない Volitional 席せっ 巻けん しよう Polite volitional 席せっ 巻けん しましょう Imperative 席せっ 巻けん しろ 席せっ 巻けん するな Conditional 席せっ 巻けん すれば 席せっ 巻けん しなければ Tara conditional 席せっ 巻けん したら 席せっ 巻けん しなかったら
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場じょう
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席せっ
巻けん
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The new product swept the market.
His team is dominating the league.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 席せっ 巻けん する to sweep over/dominate (a market, industry, region, etc.)
That brand swept over the global market in no time.
〈 事こと 〉 が 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 席せっ 巻けん する for a trend or phenomenon to sweep across an area
That craze is sweeping across youth culture.
Related words 制覇 means to conquer or dominate, often used for winning championships, while 席巻 emphasizes the sweeping, rapid manner of taking over a market or area.
独占 describes the resulting state of exclusive possession or monopoly, whereas 席巻 focuses on the dynamic process of sweeping across and overwhelming a field.
支配 is a broad, neutral word for control or rule over something, while 席巻 specifically implies a fast, forceful spread that overwhelms rivals.
圧倒 means to overwhelm or overpower, often one-on-one or in a single moment, while 席巻 describes overwhelming an entire area, market, or field over time.
Written forms 席せっ 巻けん Usage 80%
Standard modern spelling. The kanji 巻 is the common form for 'roll up' or 'sweep'.
席せっ 捲けん Usage 19%
Older variant using 捲, which also means 'roll up' but is less common in modern Japanese. Still seen in some literary or historical contexts.
せっけん Usage 1%
Etymology From the image of rolling up a mat (席) and sweeping everything away. The literal meaning is 'to roll up the seats/mats', which evolved into the figurative sense of sweeping over or conquering an area.
