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1. …になること。語句について、その語句の状態になることを示す。さらに、その状態となるサ変動詞を構成する。
2. …と化合すること。酸化数が負であるほうに用いる。
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Used in vocabulary (552 in total)
① 異なる思想などを同じにしたり、させたりすること。② 知識などを自分のものにすること。③ 音変化で、ある音が隣接する音の影響を受けて、同じ音または一部共通する音に変わること。④ 生物がエネルギーを失う際に起こす反応⑤ 心理学で、環境を自分の中に取り入れること⑥ 社会学で、個人や集団が他の個人や集団の感情などを習得することで経験などを共有すること。⑦ マグマが、岩石などを取り込んで一つの物質に変化させること
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
① ある人やものが持っている特徴が、2時点を比較したときに、同一の形状をなしていないこと。② 格によって語形を変えること。格変化。③ 立合いで、相手と正面からぶつからず右または左によけること。注文。
urbanization; urbanisation
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
① 悪くなること。
insourcing
① 岩石が、雨・風・微生物に晒されて、徐々に破壊されていくこと。② ある出来事についての記憶や感情が、時を経るごとに弱まって、消えていくこと。特に戦争やテロなど悲惨な事件に対して用いられる。③ 他者を良い方向に教え導くこと。風教。
fluoridation
① 単純・等質なものが複雑・異質なものに分かれること。② 特殊化していない細胞や組織などの形態や機能が変化し、特殊化したものになること。
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
beautification; glorification
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
externalization
influencing people by one's virtue
① 人間がその歴史において形成してきた慣習、営みの総称。カルチャー。場合により哲学・芸術・学問・信仰など人間の精神的営みと、その成果を指す。② 他の語彙の前に付いて、ハイカラ・便利・新式などの意を表す。 文明開化。
① 物質の性質や反応を研究する自然科学の一分野。② 1 について教える高等学校の理科の科目。
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
budgeting
virtualization; virtualisation
programming
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
① 音変化で、ある音が隣接する音の影響を受けて、別の音に変わること。② 生物がエネルギーを得る際に起こす反応③ 心理学で、違いの大きい2つのものを近づけると違いがさらに際立つこと④ ロシアフォルマリズムで、日常を異質なものに変化させること⑤ 異化効果
thicken; concentrate
becoming dull; slowing down
① 年が経つにつれ、働きが衰えること。
layering; stratification; sheafification
verbification; verbing
dwarfing; stunting
improvement; amelioration
adapting for TV; television adaptation
chloride
Americanization; Americanisation
encapsulation
silicification
① 硬くなること。② 強硬な意見・態度になること。③ 相場が上がり気味になること。
robotization; robotizing; automation
① 強くすること。
bleaching; whitening; chlorosis; albinism
increase in the average age of childbirth
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
objectification; objectifying
① 卵が孵ること。
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
idealization; idealisation
caramelization; caramelisation
McDonaldization (institutions in society becoming standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability)
novelizing; novelising
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
ionization; ionisation
putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
silicification
burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
nitration
Balkanization
① 女性一人が生涯に出産する子供の人数が減ったことに伴い、国の総人口に対する割合が少なくなること。
liquefaction; liquefy
① 固体や気体が液体に変化すること。
mummification
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
modelling (e.g. a system, etc.)
cell encapsulation; conversion into cells
terraforming
shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy; softening; release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
① 情報を平文から暗号文に変換すること。
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
digitization; digitalization
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
fortifying; fortification
feminization; feminisation
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
vitrification
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
isolation
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
computerization; computerisation
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
nullification; annihilation
making something freely available (information, access to a competition, etc.)
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
dividing into blocks; becoming a bloc; forming a bloc
iodization; iodisation
nasalization
Americanization
esterification
① 物質が反応する機能が高まること。また、高めること。賦活化。② 社会・組織などの活動が活発になること。また、活発にすること。
embodiment; realization; materialization
① 組織・体制などの力が弱くなること。
unification; integration
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
justification; warrant
① 影響を与えて考えや行動を変化させること。
① ある状態から別の状態に変わること。② 蔗糖が加水分解され、果糖と葡萄糖になること。
swelling; enlargement
making practical; making useful; implementing
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
intensification; aggravation
optimization; optimisation
calming down; quieting down
crystallization
aging; wearing out; deterioration
① それまで言葉による表現・説明がされて来なかったもの、あるいはできなかったものを、言葉で表現すること。
① 人間でないものを人間に見立てて表現すること。
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
making efficient; optimization
increase in activity; activation
simplification
automation
① 社会を近代的な状態に移行すること。
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
① 液体が気体になること。
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
① 物質が酸素と結びついて酸化物を与える化学反応。② 化学種が電子を失う化学反応。あるいは、酸化数が増える化学反応。
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
① 膿が生じること。膿むこと。
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
① 抽象的な事柄をはっきりした形として表すこと。
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
complication
① 組織の体制などが、民主的になること。ひとりが強い権限を持つ体制から、多くの人が平等に権限を持てるようにすること。
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
① 物事を単純にすること。
deification
realization; realisation
① 人を教え導くこと。
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
growth; metamorphosis
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
① 純粋なものにすること。② 単純化。
differentiation
① 正常な状態に戻ること。また、戻すこと。
lengthening
① 色色な様式・種類に分かれること。
different culture; foreign culture
warming; global warming
increase in speed, acceleration
stabilization; stabilisation
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
imperial influence; assimilation of new territory
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
visualization; visualisation
identification (with)
electronization; digitization; computerization
increasing in size
① 逃れる見通しのつかない状態になること。
① 化学を研究する科学者。
popularization; popularisation
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
digitization
depopulation; declining population
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
clarification; definition
fluoridation
① 植生に覆われた土地が植物の育たない土地になってゆく現象。
publish in paperback
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
becoming cancerous; canceration
becoming cancerous; canceration
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
maximization; maximisation
population ageing (aging)
making into a product
colonization; colonisation
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
① 交通や情報などによって世界が一体化すること。
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
making obligatory; making compulsory
homogenization; homogenisation
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
legalization; legalisation
Japanization; Japanisation
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
validation
domestication
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
computerization; computerisation
minimization; minimisation
① 一般大衆に分かりやすくすること。
① 体型を小さくすること。② 実態よりも小さく見せること。本質的でない部分を強調して、些末にすること。
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
standardization; standardisation
sanctification; consecration
destabilization; destabilisation
systematisation; systematization
privatization; privatisation
universalization
becoming aware (of); becoming conscious (of); realization; conscientization; (formation of) critical consciousness
① 無駄を省いて簡単にすること。
① 思考、議論などに便利なように、物事や論点を整理すること。抽象化すること。
obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)
① 私有財産や公有財産を国家のものにすること。
restoration; return to health
① 二種類以上の元素が化学反応により結合し、新しい物質を生じること。
standardization; standardisation; normalization (e.g. in maths)
① 体制、政策、方針などが中身のない形式だけのものになること。② 企業が生産を海外に移すことにより、国内の産業や経済が低下すること。③ 人が郊外に移ることにより、都心部の人口が減少すること。
rationalization (modifying part of an irrational expression, esp. denominators, to exclude roots or irrational numbers)
fragmentation
internalization
quantization; quantisation; quantizing
symbolization; coding; encoding
specialization; specialisation
systematic implementation; institutionalization (e.g. way, method)
① 様式や方式が一つに定まること。② 論理が一貫するような厳密な言葉遣いで表現すること。③ 記号や数式で表現すること。
becoming chronic
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
objectification
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
bipolarization; bipolarisation
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
masculinization; virilization
moving into the black; becoming profitable
turning into a brand; branding
degradation; downfall
labor saving; labour saving
structuralization
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
simplification
socialization; socialisation
animalization; animalisation
encoding; coding
inactivation
increase in the average age of marriage
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
① 化学繊維の略。
integration
voltinism
unification; centralization; centralisation
impersonation; personification
desalination; desalinization; desalting
objectivization; viewing objectively
standardization; standardisation
price reduction
stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
parallelization
standardization; uniformalization
Japanese localization
make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue
calcification
homogenization (e.g. milk)
individualization; individualisation
documentation
keratinization
idolization; idolisation
commercialization; commercialisation
centralization of power; centralisation of power
① 広大なる化導。大なる徳化。徳を以て大いに導き、人心をよき方向にかえること。
monetization; monetizing
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
① 教え感化すること。② 不純なものを取り除き純粋にすること。
popularization; popularisation
① ヨーロッパ風にすること。② ヨーロッパ風、アメリカ風にすること。「欧化主義、欧化政策」
multiplexing
conversion to sugar; saccharification
many changes
① システムの構造や業務の運用などの主に無形のものについて、外部の関係者・第三者などから、内容を把握できるようにすること。
diversification
toughening the law; making the law stricter
becoming part of the standard inventory (of a product); becoming popular
industrialization; industrialisation
computerization; computerisation
conservative swing; drift to the right; rightward trend
codification
securitization; securitisation
westernization; westernisation
modularization
fluidization
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
giving shape to
classifying in patterns; typification
motorization
acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
① 時代遅れになった物事を現代に相応しいものに変えること。
ideation; process of forming and relating ideas; to ideate
duplication; to make redundant
duplication; redundancy
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
smoothing (e.g. numbers)
equalization; equalisation
encoding; codification
① ヨーロッパやアメリカのようにすること。
inactivity
potassium cyanide
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
nationalization; nationalisation
becoming its own goal
unification
manpower reduction; personnel saving
nominalization
simplification; unification
centralization
decryption; decipherment; decoding
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
transition to domestic production; import substitution
female-to-male gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
dramatization; dramatisation
decentralization
age lowering; reduction in age
becoming a permanent resident; becoming permanently settled; domiciliation
dehumanization
commercialization; commercialisation
differentiation
commercialization; commercialisation
hydration
hydrogen cyanide
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
communization; communisation
banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal
applied chemistry; adaptation
militarization; militarisation
quantification (logic)
changing from free to paid (e.g. a service); starting to charge
making permanent
aggravation
westernization; westernisation
poetization
commoditization; commodification
commoditization; commodification
composting
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
impoverishment
microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization
localisation; localization; L10n (in IT)
sterilization
important intangible folk culture asset
making (something) free of charge; dispensing with fees
vocalization; vocalisation; voicing
mechanization; mechanisation
customization; customisation
normalization (e.g. in floating-point representation system); normalisation; standardization; standardisation
gelatinization
incorporation; assimilation; internalization; making part of oneself
objectification; objectifying
caramelization; caramelisation
evil influence
militarization; militarisation
sampling (e.g. in signal processing)
synchronization
refinement; elaboration
marginalization
suburbanization
simplification; simplifying
objectification
objectification
putting in order; systemize; systemise
chemical engineering
bromination
iodization; iodisation
demutualization; becoming incorporated
keratinization; cornification
chemical seasoning
assimilation; incorporation
methylation
worsening
simplification
acetylation
hydrogenation
modelling; modeling
lignification
lignification
indeclinable
oxygenation
decentralization (of power); decentralisation
writing into law; codification; enacting
extreme population aging (ageing)
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
gelling agent; gellatinizing agent; setting agent; gellant
dollarization
putting into print; setting in type; printing; publishing
foregrounding
electrification (esp. in the auto industry)
staging a story; filming a story
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
parallel evolution
iconization; minimization
localization
adding of value
integration, e.g. of electronic components into integrated circuits
quantification
obfuscation
vacuolation; vacuolization
urbanization control area; urban control area
leftward shift; liberal trend
personalization; personalisation; product stopping being a luxury item
ossification
diagonalisation; diagonalization
polarization; polarisation; lining up with
cyclization; cyclisation
(speed) optimization
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
instantiation (in object-oriented programming)
multimedization
rasterization
canonization (in a textual sense)
increase in the level of academic achievement; popularisation of higher education
acidification
① 広い範囲に共通して適用できるようにすること。一般化。普遍化。
giving guidance; explaining
recycling; resource recovery
becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty
tendency to not get married; declining marriage rate
individualization (of a task or job; as opposed to standardization); personalization
randomized controlled trial
salinization
low carbonization
encryption; coding; password
enlargement; expansion
normalization; normalisation
(high) tariff protection; tariff jumping
motorization; motorisation
regularisation; regularization
transubstantiation
multiculturalism
nonassimilation
gelatinization; gelatinisation
vocalization; vocalisation
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
standardization; standardisation
multipolarization; multipolarisation
subcategorization; subcategorisation
changing something to full remote control
scapegoating
alkylation
silver cyanide
mercury cyanide
sulfonation
halogenation
racemization; racemisation
ortho-normalization; ortho-normalisation
shrinking family (size)
(nuclear fuel) enrichment
chromic anhydride (CrO3)
potassium ferricyanide (C6FeK3N6)
potassium ferrocyanide
sulfur trioxide (SO3)
marginalization
binary-coded decimal code
binary coded decimal; BCD
binary-coded decimal representation
binary-coded decimal notation
segmentation
data materialization
digitization; digitisation; digital transformation; modernizing (society, etc.) with the use of IT
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
industry standardization
time division multiplexing; TDM
quantification theory
equalization
two stage configuration
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
high capacity; high load capacity; high load carrying capacity
orthogonalized plane wave; OPW
categorization
diazotization
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
phosphine; phosphane; diphosphine; diphosphane; solid hydrogen phosphides (a yellow powder)
fasciation
bulking
sustained virological response; SVR
isomerization; isomerisation
phase equalization
zinc selenide
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th)
change toward a borderless world; development of a borderless world
decontextualization
contextualization
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
demythologization; demythicization
stock conversion; conversion to stock
oxidative phosphorylation
oxidative phosphorylation
indexation
privatization
moving to a market-oriented economy; market-oriented economic reform
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime
caseation
benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign
sulfation; sulphation
denuclearization; denuclearisation
transformation of the population of Japan into idiots (because of television)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
Finlandization
Disneyfication
subnormal number; denormal number; denormalized number
labialization
palatalization
earthquake proofing
topicalization
linearization
① 「簡体字」の異称。
polyvinylidene fluoride; polyvinylidene difluoride; PVDF
glocalization
devoicing; unvoicing
Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
salinization
randomized controlled trial
rendering plant for livestock carcasses
decarbonization
labialization
Examples (3 in total)
The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.
Our chief concern should be the aging of society.
Should the Suez and Panama Canals be internationalized?