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成り行き (なりゆき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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成な
り
行ゆ
き
を
見み
守まも
る
しか
ない
。
We can only watch how things develop from here.
I left it to chance and didn't make a plan.
Usage patterns 成な り 行ゆ きを 見み 守まも る to watch how things develop
I quietly watched how the incident would unfold.
成な り 行ゆ きで 注ちゅう 文もん する to place a market order (buy/sell at the current price)
I placed a market order to buy that stock.
〈 事こと 〉 の 成な り 行ゆ き 次し 第だい だ it depends on how things turn out
成な り 行ゆ き 上じょう as things naturally turned out; inevitably
As things naturally worked out, he ended up becoming the leader.
Expressions 成な り 行ゆ きに 任まか せる leave to chance; let things take their course; go with the flow Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out Related words· 6 展開 describes a more structured or dramatic unfolding of events, while 成り行き implies a natural, often uncontrolled progression.
結果 focuses on the final outcome itself, whereas 成り行き covers the whole process leading up to that outcome.
経緯 is a factual, often detailed account of how a situation developed, while 成り行き can be used more loosely for the general drift of events.
成り行き focuses on how events naturally unfold over time, whereas 首尾 emphasizes the overall outcome from start to finish and sounds more formal.
Show 2 more 成り行き stresses the natural, spontaneous development of a situation, whereas 行方 in this sense focuses on the eventual outcome or direction things take.
成り行き describes the natural course events take, while 雲行き emphasizes the early signs suggesting how things might turn out, often for the worse.
Written forms 成な り 行ゆ き Usage 54%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency and priority.
なりゆき Usage 26%
Kana spelling used when the kanji is avoided or for clarity.
成なり 行ゆき Usage 9%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; rarely used in modern writing.
成な りゆき
Etymology Compound of the continuative form of 成る (なる, 'to become') and 行き (ゆき, 'going'), literally 'becoming-going', referring to the way things naturally proceed.
Whether the plan succeeds depends on how the negotiations go.
Usage 6%
成なり 行ゆ き Usage 6%
Variant spelling without the okurigana り; less common but still encountered.
