展開
展開する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 展開する | 展開しない |
| Polite | 展開します | 展開しません |
| Past polite | 展開しました | 展開しませんでした |
| Past | 展開した | 展開しなかった |
| Te-form | 展開して | 展開しないで |
| Desire | 展開したい | 展開したくない |
| Potential | 展開できる | 展開できない |
| Passive | 展開される | 展開されない |
| Causative | 展開させる | 展開させない |
| Causative passive | 展開させられる | 展開させられない |
| Volitional | 展開しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 展開しましょう | |
| Imperative | 展開しろ | 展開するな |
| Conditional | 展開すれば | 展開しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 展開したら | 展開しなかったら |
Meanings
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
development; evolution; unfolding
Broad sense for how a situation, story, or plan develops or unfolds over time. Often used for plot developments, progress of events, or the way something plays out.
We watch how the incident unfolds.
This novel has a fast-paced plot development.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
expansion; spreading out; deployment
Physical or organizational spreading out, extending, or deploying something over an area. Also used for expanding a business, network, or forces.
The police launched a large-scale search operation.
The company is expanding its business overseas.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
expansion (of an algebraic expression)
Mathematical term: expanding a factored expression into a sum of terms.
Expanding this expression gives a quadratic expression.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
development (of a 3D shape into a flat pattern)
Mathematical/technical term: unfolding a three-dimensional surface into a two-dimensional plane, e.g., a net of a cube.
Draw the net of a cube.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
extraction; decompression; unpacking
Computing term: extracting files from a compressed archive or unpacking data.
Extract the downloaded file.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Business/formal usage: disseminating or sharing information, often in a structured way.
Share information at the meeting.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉が思わぬ方向に展開するfor a story or situation to unfold in an unexpected direction
The story developed in an unexpected direction.
- 〈事〉を〈場所〉に展開するto expand or deploy (a business, operation) into an area
The company expanded its business into countries across Asia.
- 〈物〉を展開するto expand an algebraic expression into a sum of terms
If you expand this expression, it becomes simpler.
- 〈事〉を社内に展開するto share or disseminate information within an organization
We shared the new policy across the whole company.