爆発

爆発

See also: 爆发

Japanese

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

Etymology

/pakupatu/ → /bakufat͡su/ → /bakuhat͡su/

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ばくはつ [bàkúhátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝha̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

爆発 (hiragana ばくはつ, rōmaji bakuhatsu)

1. explosion, blast, detonation
2. eruption

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 爆発音 (ばくはつおん) (bakuhatsuon): sound of an explosion
• 爆発管 (ばくじはつかん) (bakujihatsukan): detonator
• 爆発性 (ばくはつせい) (bakuhatsusei): explosiveness
• 爆発的 (ばくはつてき) (bakuhatsuteki): explosive, tremendous
• 爆発物 (ばくはつぶつ) (bakuhatsubutsu): explosive material
• 爆発力 (ばくはつりょく) (bakuhatsuryoku): explosive power
• 爆発物取締罰則 (ばくはつぶつとりしまりばっそく) (Bakuhatsubutsu Torishimari Bassoku): Explosive Substance Act
• 核爆発 (かくばくはつ) (kaku bakuhatsu): nuclear explosion
• 火山爆発 (かざんばくはつ) (kazan bakuhatsu): volcanic explosion
• 原子爆発 (げんしばくはつ) (genshi bakuhatsu): atomic explosion
• 人口爆発 (じんこうばくはつ) (jinkō bakuhatsu): population explosion
• 炭塵爆発 (たんじんばくはつ) (tanjin bakuhatsu): explosion of coal dust
• 宇宙大爆発 (うちゅうだいばくはつ) (uchū daibakuhatsu): Big Bang
• 偽装爆発物 (ぎそうばくはつぶつ) (gisō bakuhatsubutsu): booby trap
• ハリファックス大爆発 (だいばくはつ) (Harifakkusu daibakuhatsu): The Halifax Explosion

Related terms

• 爆薬 (ばくやく) (bakuyaku): explosive chemical, explosives

Verb

爆発する (hiragana ばくはつする, rōmaji bakuhatsu suru)

1. to explode
2. (Internet slang, humorous) to "explode"; to meet an end (usually referring to リア充 (じゅう) (riajū, “normies”))
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:爆発.

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	爆発し	ばくはつし	bakuhatsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	爆発し	ばくはつし	bakuhatsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	爆発する	ばくはつする	bakuhatsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	爆発する	ばくはつする	bakuhatsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	爆発すれ	ばくはつすれ	bakuhatsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN