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 |
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.
事件の展開を見守る。
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.
The story developed in an unexpected direction.
The company expanded its business into countries across Asia.
If you expand this expression, it becomes simpler.
We shared the new policy across the whole company.
展開 can mean military deployment but also covers development or unfolding of events, whereas 配備 is more concrete and limited to stationing resources.
展開する is a more formal, often abstract word for unfolding or developing something (a plan, a story), while 広げる is the everyday word for physically unfolding things like a newspaper.
展示 means to display or exhibit items, while 展開 means to unfold, develop, or deploy (e.g. a story or strategy), despite sharing the kanji 展.
new development
horizontal deployment; application to other fields
abrupt plot twist; unexpected story development
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time
international expansion; global deployment
market expansion; market development
involvement of peer groups; horizontal deployment · application to similar products; lateral expansion · grassroots; bottom-up