潜在

See also: 潛在

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 潜在 – see 潛在 (“potential; latent”). (This term is the simplified form of 潛在).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潜	在
せん Grade: S	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
潛在 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんざい [sèńzáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Noun

潜(せん)在(ざい) • (senzai) 

1. hiddenness; invisibility; latency; potentiality

Antonyms

• 顕在(けんざい) (kenzai)

Verb

潜(せん)在(ざい)する • (senzai suru) suru (stem 潜(せん)在(ざい)し (senzai shi), past 潜(せん)在(ざい)した (senzai shita))

1. to be hidden; to be invisible; to be latent, to lurk

Conjugation

Conjugation of "潜在する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	潜在し	せんざいし	senzai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	潜在し	せんざいし	senzai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	潜在する	せんざいする	senzai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	潜在する	せんざいする	senzai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	潜在すれ	せんざいすれ	senzai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	潜在せよ¹ 潜在しろ²	せんざいせよ¹ せんざいしろ²	senzai seyo¹ senzai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	潜在される	せんざいされる	senzai sareru
Causative	潜在させる 潜在さす	せんざいさせる せんざいさす	senzai saseru senzai sasu
Potential	潜在できる	せんざいできる	senzai dekiru
Volitional	潜在しよう	せんざいしよう	senzai shiyō
Negative	潜在しない	せんざいしない	senzai shinai
Negative continuative	潜在せず	せんざいせず	senzai sezu
Formal	潜在します	せんざいします	senzai shimasu
Perfective	潜在した	せんざいした	senzai shita
Conjunctive	潜在して	せんざいして	senzai shite
Hypothetical conditional	潜在すれば	せんざいすれば	senzai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “潜在”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025