出しゅっ世せ

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出世する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	出しゅっ世せする	出しゅっ世せしない
Polite	出しゅっ世せします	出しゅっ世せしません
Past polite	出しゅっ世せしました	出しゅっ世せしませんでした
Past	出しゅっ世せした	出しゅっ世せしなかった
Te-form	出しゅっ世せして	出しゅっ世せしないで
Desire	出しゅっ世せしたい	出しゅっ世せしたくない
Potential	出しゅっ世せできる	出しゅっ世せできない
Passive	出しゅっ世せされる	出しゅっ世せされない
Causative	出しゅっ世せさせる	出しゅっ世せさせない
Causative passive	出しゅっ世せさせられる	出しゅっ世せさせられない
Volitional	出しゅっ世せしよう
Polite volitional	出しゅっ世せしましょう
Imperative	出しゅっ世せしろ	出しゅっ世せするな
Conditional	出しゅっ世せすれば	出しゅっ世せしなければ
Tara conditional	出しゅっ世せしたら	出しゅっ世せしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

success in life; career advancement; promotion

Refers to rising in status, rank, or position, especially in a company or organization. Often implies steady upward movement rather than sudden fame.

彼かれは若わかくして出しゅっ世せした。
He achieved career success at a young age.
出しゅっ世せコースに乗のるには、実じっ績せきが必ひつ要ようだ。
To get on the fast track to promotion, you need a track record.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で出しゅっ世せするto advance in one's career at 〈place〉
彼かれはこの会かい社しゃで出しゅっ世せした。
He advanced in his career at this company.
出しゅっ世せを目め指ざすto aim for career advancement
彼かれは出しゅっ世せを目め指ざして毎まい日にち遅おそくまで働はたらいている。
He works late every day, aiming for career advancement.
出しゅっ世せが早はやいto be quick to get promoted
彼かの女じょは同どう期きの中なかでも出しゅっ世せが早はやい。
Among her peers, she has been promoted especially quickly.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
世generation, world, society

Related words

昇しょう進しんN2
昇進 refers to a concrete promotion to a higher rank or title within an organization, while 出世 is broader and covers overall career or life success.
栄えい達たつ
栄達 is a somewhat literary word for rising to an eminent position, whereas 出世 is the common, everyday term for career success.
青せい雲うん
出世 is the common word for rising to success or a high position in life, whereas 青雲 is a classical, literary expression for the same idea of lofty attainment.
身みを立たてるN1
出世する refers specifically to career advancement or promotion within an organization, while 身を立てる is broader, covering building one's entire life or livelihood.
昇しょう格かく
出世 refers broadly to succeeding in life or one's career, whereas 昇格 refers specifically to a formal upgrade in rank or status.

Opposites

左さ遷せんN1
左遷 means being demoted or transferred to a lesser post, the opposite of 出世 rising in status or rank.

Don't confuse with

出しゅっ生しょうN1
出世 (career success) and 出生 (birth) look similar in kanji but have completely unrelated meanings and different readings.

Word family· 15

立りっ身しん出しゅっ世せ
success in life; advancement in the world
出しゅっ世せ頭がしら
most successful person (in a group)
出しゅっ世せ作さく
breakthrough work; work that brought fame
出しゅっ世せ欲よく
ambition to succeed in life; desire for career advancement
出しゅっ世せ間けん
monastic life; transcending the secular world

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出しゅっ世せ魚うお
fish with different names at different life stages
一いち番ばん出しゅっ世せ
first-round presentation of new wrestlers after mae-zumo
三さん番ばん出しゅっ世せ
third-round debut; new wrestlers introduced in the third round of the presentation ceremony
二に番ばん出しゅっ世せ
second-round debut wrestlers
出しゅっ世せ払ばらい
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay after success
出しゅっ世せ物もの語がたり
success story
出しゅっ世せ街かい道どう
highway to success; fast track to promotion

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Etymology

Composed of 出 (to go out) and 世 (world, society), literally 'to go out into the world,' which developed into the meaning of achieving success and recognition in society.