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設定 (せってい, settei) Japanese meaning: establishment | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 設定する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 設せっ 定てい する 設せっ 定てい しない Polite 設せっ 定てい します 設せっ 定てい しません Past polite 設せっ 定てい しました 設せっ 定てい しませんでした Past 設せっ 定てい した 設せっ 定てい しなかった Te-form 設せっ 定てい して 設せっ 定てい しないで Desire 設せっ 定てい したい 設せっ 定てい したくない Potential 設せっ 定てい できる 設せっ 定てい できない Passive 設せっ 定てい される 設せっ 定てい されない Causative 設せっ 定てい させる 設せっ 定てい させない Causative passive 設せっ 定てい させられる 設せっ 定てい させられない Volitional 設せっ 定てい しよう Polite volitional 設せっ 定てい しましょう Imperative 設せっ 定てい しろ 設せっ 定てい するな Conditional 設せっ 定てい すれば 設せっ 定てい しなければ Tara conditional 設せっ 定てい したら 設せっ 定てい しなかったら
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新あたら しい ルール を 設せっ 定てい する 必ひつ 要よう が ある 。
We need to establish new rules.
The setting of this novel is 19th-century London.
Please set the date for the meeting.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 設せっ 定てい する to set/establish (a goal, condition, etc.)
設せっ 定てい を 変へん 更こう する to change settings
I changed the computer's settings.
初しょ 期き 設せっ 定てい に 戻もど す to reset to default settings
I reset the settings to default.
〈 物もの 〉 を 設せっ 定てい する to set (a password, value, etc.)
Please set a new password.
〈 物もの 〉 の 設せっ 定てい を 確かく 認にん する to check the settings (of something)
I checked the camera's settings.
Kanji 設 establishment, provision, prepare 定 determine, fix, establish Related words· 7 設置 refers to physically installing or placing equipment, while 設定 covers broader abstract creation or configuration, including story settings and software options.
構成 means the composition or structure of something, whereas 設定 refers to the act of establishing something or the settings themselves.
構築 emphasizes building up a system or framework piece by piece, while 設定 is the more general act of setting or establishing something.
設定 is the everyday Japanese word for settings or configuration, while コンフィギュレーション is a more technical loanword mainly used in IT contexts.
Show 3 more 設定 is the native Japanese word for configuring or establishing settings, while セッティング is a loanword that more often refers to physically arranging or installing something.
設定 refers directly to a setting or configuration, while シーン in its second sense means the imagined situation or context in which something is used.
設定 is used for configuring settings on machines or software, while セットする is a broader, more casual verb for arranging or setting up anything.
Don't confuse with 想定 means to assume or hypothesize a situation, whereas 設定 means to actually set or establish something concretely.
設定 means the general act or state of 'setting' something, while 設定可能 specifically means that something is able to be set or configured.
Word family· 26 reestablish; reset
setting-obsessed creator; worldbuilding nerd
initialization time; at the time of setting
model sheet; character sheet
Etymology Compound of 設 (set up, establish) and 定 (determine, fix). The combination naturally yields the meaning of establishing or setting something.
Show 5 more pricing; price setting
input settings; input configuration
default settings; initial settings; initial configuration · initialization; initialisation
variable initialization; setting a variable
formatting
