浸透 (しんとう, shintou) Japanese meaning: permeation | Kotomora

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浸透する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	浸しん透とうする	浸しん透とうしない
Polite	浸しん透とうします	浸しん透とうしません
Past polite	浸しん透とうしました	浸しん透とうしませんでした
Past	浸しん透とうした	浸しん透とうしなかった
Te-form	浸しん透とうして	浸しん透とうしないで
Desire	浸しん透とうしたい	浸しん透とうしたくない
Potential	浸しん透とうできる	浸しん透とうできない
Passive	浸しん透とうされる	浸しん透とうされない
Causative	浸しん透とうさせる	浸しん透とうさせない
Causative passive	浸しん透とうさせられる	浸しん透とうさせられない
Volitional	浸しん透とうしよう
Polite volitional	浸しん透とうしましょう
Imperative	浸しん透とうしろ	浸しん透とうするな
Conditional	浸しん透とうすれば	浸しん透とうしなければ
Tara conditional	浸しん透とうしたら	浸しん透とうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

permeation; infiltration; spread

Used for abstract things like ideas, culture, trends, or influence spreading gradually through a group or society. Often used in business contexts for market penetration.

Kanji

浸immersed, soak, dip
透transparent, permeate, filter
滲imbued with

Related words· 6

普ふ及きゅうN2sense 1
普及 describes the widespread adoption of concrete things like technology or products, while 浸透 stresses the gradual, often unseen permeation of ideas or influence through a group.
拡かく散さんN1sense 1
拡散 emphasizes an idea or rumor spreading outward and dispersing widely, whereas 浸透 emphasizes it soaking deeply and taking root within a group.
定てい着ちゃくN2
浸透 describes an idea or custom gradually permeating through a group, whereas 定着 emphasizes that it has firmly taken root and stayed.
透とう過か
浸透 emphasizes soaking into a material or spreading through a group, while 透過 focuses on passing through a barrier or medium without being absorbed.

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染しみ込こむN2
浸透する is a formal or technical word for permeating (used in science, economics, or society), while 染み込む is the everyday word for gradual, natural soaking-in.
行いき渡わたるN1
浸透する suggests something gradually soaking in or permeating deeply, while 行き渡る stresses that it has reached everyone or everywhere completely.

Don't confuse with

しみるN2sense 2
浸みる is the everyday verb for a liquid soaking into or staining something, while 浸透 is the more formal noun describing the same process of permeation.
浸しん食しょく
浸食 means erosion, the wearing away of land by water, and is easily confused with 浸透 because both start with the kanji 浸 but describe different physical processes.
浸しん水すいN1
浸透 shares the kanji 浸 with 浸水 but means permeation or infiltration (e.g. of water into soil, or ideas spreading), not flooding of an area.

Word family· 8

浸しん透とう印いん
self-inking rubber stamp
浸しん透とう圧あつ
osmotic pressure
浸しん透とう度ど
degree of penetration; penetrance
浸しん透とう性せい
permeability; osmosis

Written forms

浸しん透とうUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
滲しん透とうUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 浸透 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 浸 (immerse, soak) and 透 (transparent, permeate). The spelling 滲透 uses 滲 (seep, ooze) but is now rare.

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