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JLPT N2 · Noun / suru verb

展開 (tenkai)

展開 (てんかい, tenkai) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “development; evolution”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
てんかい
Romaji
tenkai
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  2. expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  3. expansion (of an algebraic expression) · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  4. development (of a three-dimensional shape) · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  5. extraction (of compressed data); decompression; unpacking · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

その事件の展開について引き続きお知らせ下さい。
Please keep me informed of the development of the case.
Tatoeba #209966
与党は野党非難のキャンペーンを展開しています。
The ruling party is running a smear campaign against the opposition.
Tatoeba #78930

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 展開

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary展開するてんかいする tenkaisuru
Polite (~masu)展開しますてんかいします tenkaishimasu
Negative展開しないてんかいしない tenkaishinai
Polite negative展開しませんてんかいしません tenkaishimasen
Past展開したてんかいした tenkaishita
Polite past展開しましたてんかいしました tenkaishimashita
Negative past展開しなかったてんかいしなかった tenkaishinakatta
Te-form展開しててんかいして tenkaishite
Potential展開できるてんかいできる tenkaidekiru
Passive展開されるてんかいされる tenkaisareru
Causative展開させるてんかいさせる tenkaisaseru
Volitional展開しようてんかいしよう tenkaishiyou
Imperative展開しろてんかいしろ tenkaishiro
Conditional (~ba)展開すればてんかいすれば tenkaisureba

Kanji in 展開

展
unfold, expandテン · 10 strokes
開
open, unfold, unsealカイ・ひら.く・ひら.き · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 展開.

展覧会てんらんかいexhibition発展はってんdevelopment展示てんじexhibition展望てんぼうview進展しんてんprogress開くあくto open (e.g. doors)開けるあけるto open (a door, etc.)開くひらくto open開始かいしstart開会かいかいopening of a meeting開通かいつうopening (of a new road, railway, etc.)開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.)開催かいさいholding (a conference, exhibition, etc.)開拓かいたくreclamation (e.g. of wasteland)

Source: JMdict entry 1440600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.