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生じる (しょうじる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
produce ; yield ; cause
Transitive use: something produces or gives rise to a result such as heat, profit, difference, or damage. More formal than everyday verbs such as 生む or 出す.
See also: 生ずる
この 投とう 資し は 大おお きな 利り 益えき を 生しょう じ た 。
This investment yielded a large profit.
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
arise ; occur ; result from ; be generated
Intransitive use: a problem, effect, difference, or situation comes into being. Often used as Xが生じる, or XからYが生じる when saying what it resulted from.
See also: 生ずる
Similar words 生しょう ずる Very close in meaning and cross-referenced; 生じる is the modern Ichidan form, while 生ずる sounds more formal or literary.
起お こる Common everyday intransitive verb for something happening or occurring; 生じる is more formal and emphasizes something coming into existence as a result.
発はっ 生せい する Often used for incidents, phenomena, outbreaks, or technical processes occurring; 生じる is broader and can cover abstract results such as differences or doubts.
生う む Transitive verb meaning to give birth to or bring about; 生じる is more formal and often used for impersonal causes producing results.
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.
