成せい功こう

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成功する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	成せい功こうする	成せい功こうしない
Polite	成せい功こうします	成せい功こうしません
Past polite	成せい功こうしました	成せい功こうしませんでした
Past	成せい功こうした	成せい功こうしなかった
Te-form	成せい功こうして	成せい功こうしないで
Desire	成せい功こうしたい	成せい功こうしたくない
Potential	成せい功こうできる	成せい功こうできない
Passive	成せい功こうされる	成せい功こうされない
Causative	成せい功こうさせる	成せい功こうさせない
Causative passive	成せい功こうさせられる	成せい功こうさせられない
Volitional	成せい功こうしよう
Polite volitional	成せい功こうしましょう
Imperative	成せい功こうしろ	成せい功こうするな
Conditional	成せい功こうすれば	成せい功こうしなければ
Tara conditional	成せい功こうしたら	成せい功こうしなかったら

Meanings

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

success; achievement

General success in an endeavor, project, or attempt. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

彼かれの計けい画かくは成せい功こうした。
His plan succeeded.
成せい功こうの秘ひ訣けつは努ど力りょくだ。
The secret of success is hard work.

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

worldly success; prosperity; succeeding in life

Focuses on career, financial, or social success; often implies achieving a high status or wealth.

彼かれはビジネスで成せい功こうを収おさめた。
He achieved success in business.
若わかくして成せい功こうする人ひともいる。
Some people succeed at a young age.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に成せい功こうするto succeed in doing something
新あたらしい薬くすりの開かい発はつに成せい功こうした。
They succeeded in developing a new drug.
〈人ひと〉として成せい功こうするto succeed as a (certain kind of) person
彼かれは実じつ業ぎょう家かとして成せい功こうした。
He succeeded as a businessman.
〈事こと〉が成せい功こうするfor something (a plan, project) to succeed
手しゅ術じゅつは無む事じに成せい功こうした。
The surgery was successfully completed.

Expressions

成せい功こうの鍵かぎkey to success; key success factor
成せい功こうを望のぞむhope to succeed; wish for success
成せい功こうを収おさめるachieve success; succeed
失しっ敗ぱいは成せい功こうの母ははfailure is the mother of success
失しっ敗ぱいは成せい功こうのもとfailure is the foundation of success; failure teaches success

Kanji

成turn into, become, get
功achievement, merits, success

Related words· 10

達たっ成せいN2sense 1
達成 emphasizes completing a specific goal, while 成功 focuses on the favorable outcome or result itself.
成じょう就じゅ sense 1
成就 is a more literary word for the fulfillment of a wish or plan, while 成功 is the everyday word for success in general.
サクセス
成功 is the standard, versatile Japanese word for success used in all registers, while サクセス is a trendy loanword mostly seen in marketing, titles, or casual writing.
大たい成せい
成功 is the general word for succeeding at something, while 大成 implies reaching a high level of accomplishment or greatness after a long process of development.

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大だい成せい功こう
成功 means plain 'success', while 大成功 emphasizes that the success was especially great or resounding.
奏そう功こう
成功 is the everyday word for success used in almost any context, while 奏功 is a formal term reserved for plans, measures, or efforts achieving their intended effect.
ヒットN3
成功 means success in a broad, general sense, while ヒット specifically refers to something becoming popular or a big seller.
うまくいくN4
成功 is a formal noun (often used with する) meaning 'success', whereas うまくいく is a casual everyday expression for something working out well.
首しゅ尾び
成功 directly means success, while 首尾 (especially in 首尾よく) means that something was carried out and turned out well, not success itself.
盛せい況きょう
成功 is a general word for success in any endeavor, while 盛況 specifically describes a thriving, crowded event or business.

Opposites· 9

失しっ敗ぱいN4sense 1
失敗 means failure, the direct opposite of 成功 (success).
挫ざ折せつ
成功 means success in achieving a goal, the direct opposite of 挫折, which means having one's plans or ambitions broken.
やらかす
成功する means to succeed, the opposite outcome of やらかす's sense of botching or messing something up.

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失しっ策さく
成功 means success, the direct opposite of the blunder or misstep described by 失策.
つまずくN2
成功する 'to succeed' is the opposite of 躓く's figurative sense of hitting a setback or failing partway.
不ふ発はつ
成功 means a plan or attempt succeeds, the opposite of 不発, where it fails to fire or come to fruition.
しくじるN1
成功する means to succeed, the direct opposite of しくじる's sense of botching or failing at something.
破は綻たんN1
成功 means a plan or venture succeeding, the opposite of 破綻, which means it collapses or fails.
空から振ぶり
成功 means an effort succeeds, whereas 空振り (figuratively) means the effort comes to nothing.

Word family· 10

成せい功こう裏り
successfully; with success; ending in success
ご成せい功こう
your success
不ふ成せい功こう
failure; unsuccessful
大だい成せい功こう
great success; huge success
成せい功こう例れい
successful example; success story

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成せい功こう度ど
degree of success; success rate
成せい功こう率りつ
success rate
成せい功こう者しゃ
successful person; success
成せい功こう体たい験けん
successful experience; experience of success
成せい功こう報ほう酬しゅう
success fee; contingency fee; completion bonus

Etymology

Compound of 成 (sei, 'become, accomplish') and 功 (kou, 'achievement, merit'). The word has been used in Japanese since at least the late Edo period with the meaning of success or accomplishment.