展示します（てんじします、tenjishimasu）
- to display

The Japanese word 展示します （展示します） means "to exhibit," "to display," or "to show" something. It implies presenting something publicly for viewing, such as artwork, products, or information. The action involves making something available for people to see, usually in a formal setting like a museum, gallery, or trade show. It is a polite and formal verb form.

⚫︎新しい絵を美術館に展示します。 Translation: I will exhibit my new paintings at the art museum. ⚫︎新製品を展示会で展示します。 Translation: We will display the new product at the exhibition. ⚫︎歴史的資料を博物館で展示しました。 Translation: We exhibited historical documents at the museum.

⚫︎You use 展示します（展示します） in formal situations. ⚫︎It's common when talking about museums, galleries, exhibitions, trade shows, and other events where items are presented for viewing. ⚫︎It is the polite, ます-form of the verb. The plain form is 展示する.

⚫︎It is typically written in kanji as 展示します. ⚫︎The reading is てんじします. ⚫︎The kanji 展 means "to expand" or "to unfold," and 示 means "to show" or "to indicate." ⚫︎The okurigana (hiragana following the kanji) is always します in this verb form.

⚫︎公開する（こうかいする） - to open to the public, to make public ⚫︎陳列する（ちんれつする） - to display, to exhibit (often for products) ⚫︎見せる（みせる） - to show (more casual)

There isn't a direct antonym that perfectly captures the meaning of 展示します（展示します）. However, words that imply taking something away or hiding it might be considered opposites in a conceptual sense. Examples: ⚫︎しまう (to put away, to store) ⚫︎隠す (to hide)

来月、東京で写真展を展示します。 ・Translation: I will exhibit a photography exhibition in Tokyo next month. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 展示します（展示します） to announce that a photography exhibition will take place.

その彫刻は美術館のロビーに展示されています。 ・Translation: That sculpture is being exhibited in the museum lobby. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the passive voice of 展示します（展示します） - 展示されています - to state that the sculpture is currently on display.

The word 展示します is composed of two kanji: 展 (ten), which means "to expand" or "to unfold," and 示 (ji), which means "to show" or "to indicate." The verb する (suru) is added to make the verb "to do." The combination suggests the action of "unfolding" or "showing" something for others to see.