爆発

See also: 爆发

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爆	発
ばく Grade: S	はつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
爆發 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/pakupatu/ → /bakufat͡su/ → /bakuhat͡su/

From Middle Chinese compound 爆發／爆发 (pɑk pjot, literally “burst, explode + fly or send forth”). Compare modern Min Nan reading po̍k-hoat.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばくはつ [bàkúhátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝha̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

爆(ばく)発(はつ) • (bakuhatsu) 

1. explosion, blast, detonation
2. eruption

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)音(おん) (bakuhatsuon): sound of an explosion
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)管(かん) (bakuhatsukan): detonator
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)性(せい) (bakuhatsusei): explosiveness
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)的(てき) (bakuhatsuteki): explosive, tremendous
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)物(ぶつ) (bakuhatsubutsu): explosive material
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)力(りょく) (bakuhatsuryoku): explosive power
• 爆(ばく)発(はつ)物(ぶつ)取(とり)締(しまり)罰(ばっ)則(そく) (Bakuhatsubutsu Torishimari Bassoku): Explosive Substances Act
• 核(かく)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (kaku bakuhatsu): nuclear explosion
• 火(か)山(ざん)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (kazan bakuhatsu): volcanic explosion
• 原(げん)子(し)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (genshi bakuhatsu): atomic explosion
• 人(じん)口(こう)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (jinkō bakuhatsu): population explosion
• 炭(たん)塵(じん)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (tanjin bakuhatsu): explosion of coal dust
• 宇(う)宙(ちゅう)大(だい)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (uchū daibakuhatsu): Big Bang
• 偽(ぎ)装(そう)爆(ばく)発(はつ)物(ぶつ) (gisō bakuhatsubutsu): booby trap
• ハリファックス大(だい)爆(ばく)発(はつ) (Harifakkusu daibakuhatsu): The Halifax Explosion

Related terms

• 爆(ばく)薬(やく) (bakuyaku): explosive chemical, explosives

Verb

爆(ばく)発(はつ)する • (bakuhatsu suru) suru (stem 爆(ばく)発(はつ)し (bakuhatsu shi), past 爆(ばく)発(はつ)した (bakuhatsu shita))

1. to explode
2. (Internet slang, humorous) to "explode"; to meet an end

   リア充(じゅう)爆(ばく)発(はつ)しろ

   riajū bakuhatsu shiro

   normies go die

   クリスマスを爆(ばく)発(はつ)させよう

   kurisumasu o bakuhatsu saseyō

   let's destroy Christmas

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:爆発.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "爆発する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	爆発し	ばくはつし	bakuhatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	爆発し	ばくはつし	bakuhatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	爆発する	ばくはつする	bakuhatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	爆発する	ばくはつする	bakuhatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	爆発すれ	ばくはつすれ	bakuhatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	爆発せよ¹ 爆発しろ²	ばくはつせよ¹ ばくはつしろ²	bakuhatsu seyo¹ bakuhatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	爆発される	ばくはつされる	bakuhatsu sareru
Causative	爆発させる 爆発さす	ばくはつさせる ばくはつさす	bakuhatsu saseru bakuhatsu sasu
Potential	爆発できる	ばくはつできる	bakuhatsu dekiru
Volitional	爆発しよう	ばくはつしよう	bakuhatsu shiyō
Negative	爆発しない	ばくはつしない	bakuhatsu shinai
Negative continuative	爆発せず	ばくはつせず	bakuhatsu sezu
Formal	爆発します	ばくはつします	bakuhatsu shimasu
Perfective	爆発した	ばくはつした	bakuhatsu shita
Conjunctive	爆発して	ばくはつして	bakuhatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	爆発すれば	ばくはつすれば	bakuhatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative