Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 活用する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 活かつ 用よう する 活かつ 用よう しない Polite 活かつ 用よう します 活かつ 用よう しません Past polite 活かつ 用よう しました 活かつ 用よう しませんでした Past 活かつ 用よう した 活かつ 用よう しなかった Te-form 活かつ 用よう して 活かつ 用よう しないで Desire 活かつ 用よう したい 活かつ 用よう したくない Potential 活かつ 用よう できる 活かつ 用よう できない Passive 活かつ 用よう される 活かつ 用よう されない Causative 活かつ 用よう させる 活かつ 用よう させない Causative passive 活かつ 用よう させられる 活かつ 用よう させられない Volitional 活かつ 用よう しよう Polite volitional 活かつ 用よう しましょう Imperative 活かつ 用よう しろ 活かつ 用よう するな Conditional 活かつ 用よう すれば 活かつ 用よう しなければ Tara conditional 活かつ 用よう したら 活かつ 用よう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 活かつ 用よう する to make good use of something (a skill, resource, opportunity)
He put his own experience to good use in his job.
不ふ 規き 則そく に 活かつ 用よう する to conjugate irregularly (of a verb or adjective)
This verb conjugates irregularly.
〈 物もの 〉 を 最さい 大だい 限げん に 活かつ 用よう する to make maximum use of something
I want to make the most of my limited time.
Kanji 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped 用 utilize, business, service Related words· 10 利用 is the broad, neutral word for using something (a service, facility, or object), while 活用 implies actively drawing out its full potential.
応用 means applying theory or principles to a new situation, often academic or technical, while 活用 is about everyday practical utilization.
使用 is a plain, neutral word for using something without any implication of maximizing its value, unlike 活用 .
活用する is the more formal, business-like word for putting a resource or skill to effective use, while 生かす works in both formal and everyday contexts and adds a sense of 'making the most of' something.
Show 6 more Show fewer 活用 refers to the conjugation of Japanese verbs and adjectives specifically, while 屈折 is the general linguistic term for inflection across languages, including case and number changes.
活用する implies systematic or effective utilization, especially of skills or resources, while 役立てる is broader and used in everyday contexts.
活用 means to make practical, effective use of something (knowledge, resources), while 駆使 stresses skillful, free command of it, often implying mastery.
活用 is the general word for 'putting to practical use', while 有効活用 adds the nuance of using something to its fullest potential or value.
活用 is a general term for making good use of something, while 運用 implies a more systematic or official operation of resources, funds, or systems.
活用する means to make full, effective use of something's potential, while 用いる simply means to use something without that emphasis.
Word family· 33 classical i-adjective inflection type
reutilization; reapplication
use and application; utilization and practical use
inflected form; conjugated form
activity ratio
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inflecting word; inflectional word
non-inflection; non-conjugation; non-declension
kari conjugation
classical i-adjective inflection type
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Etymology Compound of 活 (activity, life) and 用 (use). The grammatical sense is a Meiji-era coinage for Western linguistic concepts of inflection.
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