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生じる (しょうじる, shoujiru) Japanese meaning: produce | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 生じる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 生しょう じる 生しょう じない Polite 生しょう じます 生しょう じません Past polite 生しょう じました 生しょう じませんでした Past 生しょう じた 生しょう じなかった Te-form 生しょう じて 生しょう じないで Desire 生しょう じたい 生しょう じたくない Potential 生しょう じられる also 生しょう じれる 生しょう じられない also 生しょう じれない Passive 生しょう じられる 生しょう じられない Causative 生しょう じさせる 生しょう じさせない Causative passive 生しょう じさせられる 生しょう じさせられない Volitional 生しょう じよう Polite volitional 生しょう じましょう Imperative 生しょう じろ 生しょう じるな Conditional 生しょう じれば 生しょう じなければ Tara conditional 生しょう じたら 生しょう じなかったら
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擦さつ
は
熱ねつ
を
生しょう
じる
。
This investment yielded a large profit.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 生しょう じる for a problem, difference, or situation to arise
A misunderstanding arose between the two of them.
〈 物もの 〉 から 〈 事こと 〉 が 生しょう じる for something (a cause) to give rise to a result
A small lapse in attention led to a major accident.
〈 事こと 〉 を 生しょう じる for something to cause/produce a certain result
This medicine can produce side effects.
差さ が 生しょう じる for a discrepancy or gap to arise
A slight discrepancy arose in the calculation.
Transitive / intransitive 生じる is used both transitively and intransitively without changing form: transitively, as in 事故が損害を生じた ("the accident produced damage"), and intransitively, as in 損害が生じた ("damage arose").
Related words· 7 生じる is the modern Ichidan conjugation, while 生ずる is the same verb's older, more literary or formal-sounding conjugation.
発生する is typically used for incidents, outbreaks, or technical phenomena occurring, while 生じる is broader and covers abstract results like differences or doubts as well.
起こる is the everyday, casual word for something happening, whereas 生じる is more formal and stresses a result coming into existence.
生む is a plainer transitive verb for bringing something about, while 生じる sounds more formal and is often used for impersonal causes producing results.
Show 3 more 生じる is a more formal, often written word for an effect or problem arising, while 起こす stresses an agent actively causing it.
生じる is a formal, general word for something arising or occurring (e.g. problems, results), while 湧く suggests a spontaneous, often emotional or physical welling-up.
生じる means 'to arise/occur' for abstract phenomena like problems or effects, while 現れる emphasizes that such a phenomenon becomes visibly apparent.
Etymology Written with 生, a kanji associated with life, birth, and coming into being. 生じる is the modern Ichidan verb corresponding closely to 生ずる; no more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
