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発明 (はつめい, hatsumei) Japanese meaning: invention | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 発明する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 発はつ 明めい する 発はつ 明めい しない Polite 発はつ 明めい します 発はつ 明めい しません Past polite 発はつ 明めい しました 発はつ 明めい しませんでした Past 発はつ 明めい した 発はつ 明めい しなかった Te-form 発はつ 明めい して 発はつ 明めい しないで Desire 発はつ 明めい したい 発はつ 明めい したくない Potential 発はつ 明めい できる 発はつ 明めい できない Passive 発はつ 明めい される 発はつ 明めい されない Causative 発はつ 明めい させる 発はつ 明めい させない Causative passive 発はつ 明めい させられる 発はつ 明めい させられない Volitional 発はつ 明めい しよう Polite volitional 発はつ 明めい しましょう Imperative 発はつ 明めい しろ 発はつ 明めい するな Conditional 発はつ 明めい すれば 発はつ 明めい しなければ Tara conditional 発はつ 明めい したら 発はつ 明めい しなかったら
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きな
発はつ
明めい
だ
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This is a major invention that changed everyday life.
She invented a new medical device.
Kanji 発 departure, discharge, publish Related words· 7 発見 means discovering something that already exists, while 発明 means creating something entirely new.
賢い is the ordinary modern word for clever or smart, while 発明 in this sense is a dated way to describe a bright child or person.
考案 is devising an idea, plan, or design, while 発明 more strongly implies a concrete invention with technical novelty.
利口 is a common everyday word for cleverness or shrewdness, while 発明 as an adjective in this sense is old-fashioned and rarely used now.
Show 3 more 創造 is broad creation, including artistic or abstract creativity, while 発明 is narrower and usually means inventing a device, method, or technology.
発明 refers to inventing something genuinely new, often technological, while 工夫 is about coming up with a clever practical idea or method.
発明する specifically means to invent a device or technology, a narrower sense than the broader 生み出す, which can apply to ideas, results, or things in general.
Word family· 11 reinvention
new invention; new discovery
present invention; this invention
invention; invented product
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 発, associated with bringing forth or developing, and 明, associated with brightness or clarity. The modern main sense is 'invention'; the old adjectival sense 'clever' is a dated extension connected with mental brightness or clarity.
Show 5 more master inventor; king of inventors
inventor
joint invention
employee invention; invention made in the course of employment
employee invention; service invention
