飾ります（かざります、kazarimasu）
- to decorate

The Japanese verb 飾ります, read かざります, means "to decorate," "to display," "to exhibit," or "to adorn." It implies adding something to make a space or object more attractive, presentable, or celebratory. It can be used for a wide range of situations, from decorating a room for a party to displaying products in a store. The action often involves adding ornaments, accessories, or other items to enhance the appearance of something. The meaning of 飾ります focuses on making something visually more appealing or special.

⚫︎部屋をクリスマスツリーで飾ります。 Translation: I will decorate the room with a Christmas tree. ⚫︎店に新商品を飾りました。 Translation: I displayed the new products in the store. ⚫︎壁に絵を飾ります。 Translation: I will hang a picture on the wall.

⚫︎You can use 飾ります when talking about decorating a space for an event, such as a birthday or holiday, or for aesthetic purposes. ⚫︎It's also used when talking about displaying items, such as artwork, products in a shop, or photographs. ⚫︎The subject of the sentence (who is decorating or what is being decorated) is usually indicated by the particle は or が. The object of the decoration is marked by を, and the item used for decoration is often marked by で or に. ⚫︎You can conjugate 飾ります to different tenses or forms depending on the context. For example, 飾りました (kazari-mashita) for past tense, or 飾らない (kazaranai) for the negative form.

⚫︎The verb 飾ります is primarily written in hiragana かざります. ⚫︎The kanji form is 飾ります, but is often written in hiragana. ⚫︎The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is ります.

⚫︎装飾します (sōshoku shimasu) - to decorate (more formal) ⚫︎デコレーションします (dekoreeshon shimasu) - to decorate (borrowed word, more casual) ⚫︎彩ります (irodorimasu) - to color, to decorate (implies adding color or vibrancy) ⚫︎陳列します (chinretsu shimasu) - to display, to exhibit (for products, etc., often more formal)

⚫︎There is no single direct antonym. You can consider words that mean to "remove" or "un-decorate" ⚫︎片付けます (katazukemasu) - to tidy up, to put away. ⚫︎取り外します (torihazushimasu) - to remove, to take off.

誕生日のために、部屋を風船で飾ります。 ・Translation: I will decorate the room with balloons for my birthday. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates decorating a space (the room) for a specific occasion (birthday) using balloons. The particle で indicates what is being used for decoration.

美術館で有名な絵画を飾ってあります。 ・Translation: A famous painting is displayed at the art museum. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the te-form of 飾ります (飾って) and the auxiliary verb あります to indicate the resultative state of having the painting displayed. The focus is on the displayed state of the painting.

The verb 飾ります comes from the verb stem 飾る (kazaru) combined with the polite verb ending ます. 飾る itself is composed of the kanji 飾, which means "to decorate," "to adorn," or "to ornament," and reflects the original meaning of the word.