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出現 (shutsugen) Japanese meaning: appearance | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 出現する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 出しゅつ 現げん する 出しゅつ 現げん しない Polite 出しゅつ 現げん します 出しゅつ 現げん しません Past polite 出しゅつ 現げん しました 出しゅつ 現げん しませんでした Past 出しゅつ 現げん した 出しゅつ 現げん しなかった Te-form 出しゅつ 現げん して 出しゅつ 現げん しないで Desire 出しゅつ 現げん したい 出しゅつ 現げん したくない Potential 出しゅつ 現げん できる 出しゅつ 現げん できない Passive 出しゅつ 現げん される 出しゅつ 現げん されない Causative 出しゅつ 現げん させる 出しゅつ 現げん させない Causative passive 出しゅつ 現げん させられる 出しゅつ 現げん させられない Volitional 出しゅつ 現げん しよう Polite volitional 出しゅつ 現げん しましょう Imperative 出しゅつ 現げん しろ 出しゅつ 現げん するな Conditional 出しゅつ 現げん すれば 出しゅつ 現げん しなければ Tara conditional 出しゅつ 現げん したら 出しゅつ 現げん しなかったら
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夜よ
空ぞら
に
突とつ
然ぜん
、
流なが
れ
星ぼし
が
出しゅつ
現げん
し
た
。
A shooting star suddenly appeared in the night sky.
Experts are on alert over the emergence of a new virus.
With the advent of the internet, the way information spreads changed greatly.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 出しゅつ 現げん する for something (a phenomenon, species, technology, etc.) to appear or emerge
A new type of virus emerged.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 〈 物もの 〉 が 出しゅつ 現げん する for something to appear in a place
A mysterious shadow appeared in the park at night.
〈 物もの 〉 として 出しゅつ 現げん する to appear/emerge as something (a threat, a solution, etc.)
That technology emerged as a new threat.
突とつ 然ぜん 出しゅつ 現げん する to suddenly appear
A huge UFO suddenly appeared in the sky.
Kanji 現 present, existing, actual Related words· 8 登場 emphasizes a person or thing entering a scene or being introduced (e.g., in a story or market), while 出現 is broader and can describe any phenomenon suddenly appearing.
発生 focuses on an event or problem arising or occurring, whereas 出現 focuses on something becoming visible or observable for the first time.
現れる is the everyday native verb for 'to appear', while 出現する is a more formal, noun-based expression often used in written or descriptive contexts.
出没 implies repeated or sporadic appearing and disappearing, often of animals or criminals, while 出現 simply denotes a single act of coming into being or view.
Show 4 more 出現 is a neutral word for something new appearing, while 台頭 implies that thing is rising specifically toward power or prominence.
出現 is a more general word for something appearing or emerging (e.g. a new species, a phenomenon), while 発現 stresses a latent quality or trait becoming manifest, often in formal or scientific writing.
出現 is a formal, written word for something appearing or emerging, whereas 出 is the plain, everyday noun for coming/going out.
出現 emphasizes something newly appearing or emerging, while 到来 emphasizes the moment something long-awaited finally arrives.
Opposites 消滅 means to vanish or cease to exist, the direct opposite of 出現, which means to come into existence or appear.
出現 means 'appearance' or 'emergence,' the direct opposite of 消失's 'disappearance.'
出現 means to appear or emerge into view, the opposite of 潜伏's staying hidden from sight.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 出, associated with coming out, and 現, associated with appearing or becoming visible. The spelling transparently matches the meaning 'appearance' or 'emergence'.
