発明(はつめい)

はつめい
noun (verbal)
invention
1. invention
The creation of a new device or process.
新(あたら)しい機械(きかい)を発明(はつめい)した。
They invented a new machine.
電話(でんわ)は偉大(いだい)な発明(はつめい)だと思(おも)う。
I think the telephone is a great invention.
印刷(いんさつ)技術(ぎじゅつ)の発明(はつめい)は、世界(せかい)の歴史(れきし)を大(おお)きく変(か)えた。
The invention of printing technology greatly changed the course of world history.

発明(はつめい) means invention or the act of inventing. As a verbal noun, it forms 発明(はつめい)する (to invent).

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • ～を発明(はつめい)する: to invent something
  • 偉大(いだい)な発明(はつめい): a great invention
  • 新(あたら)しい発明(はつめい): a new invention

RELATED WORDS:

  • 発明家(はつめいか): inventor
  • 発明品(はつめいひん): invented product
  • 発見(はっけん): discovery (finding something existing)
  • 開発(かいはつ): development

DISTINCTION:
発明(はつめい) is creating something new that didn't exist before, while 発見(はっけん) is finding something that already existed but was unknown.

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Added 2026.1.8 21:38 · Revised 2026.2.18 11:30
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