覚かく悟ご

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覚悟する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	覚かく悟ごする	覚かく悟ごしない
Polite	覚かく悟ごします	覚かく悟ごしません
Past polite	覚かく悟ごしました	覚かく悟ごしませんでした
Past	覚かく悟ごした	覚かく悟ごしなかった
Te-form	覚かく悟ごして	覚かく悟ごしないで
Desire	覚かく悟ごしたい	覚かく悟ごしたくない
Potential	覚かく悟ごできる	覚かく悟ごできない
Passive	覚かく悟ごされる	覚かく悟ごされない
Causative	覚かく悟ごさせる	覚かく悟ごさせない
Causative passive	覚かく悟ごさせられる	覚かく悟ごさせられない
Volitional	覚かく悟ごしよう
Polite volitional	覚かく悟ごしましょう
Imperative	覚かく悟ごしろ	覚かく悟ごするな
Conditional	覚かく悟ごすれば	覚かく悟ごしなければ
Tara conditional	覚かく悟ごしたら	覚かく悟ごしなかったら

Meanings

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

readiness; preparedness; resolution; determination

A firm mental state of being ready to face a difficult or risky situation, often with resolve. Used both as a noun and with する to mean 'to prepare oneself mentally' or 'to resolve oneself'.

彼かれは危き険けんを覚かく悟ごの上うえで救きゅう助じょに向むかった。
He went to the rescue fully prepared for the danger.
失しっ敗ぱいを覚かく悟ごして新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。
I started the new business resolved to accept possible failure.

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

resignation; acceptance of one's fate

A state of having accepted an undesirable outcome or fate, often with a nuance of giving up resistance. Frequently used in the phrase 覚悟を決める (to resign oneself).

彼かれは死しを覚かく悟ごしているようだった。
He seemed to have accepted his death.
もう逃にげられないと覚かく悟ごを決きめた。
I resigned myself to the fact that I could no longer escape.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を覚かく悟ごするto brace oneself for something; to be mentally prepared for something
失しっ敗ぱいを覚かく悟ごして新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。
I started the new business, prepared for the possibility of failure.
覚かく悟ごの上うえでwith full awareness of the risk; having already accepted the consequences
リスクは覚かく悟ごの上うえでこの仕し事ごとを選えらんだ。
I chose this job fully aware of the risks involved.
覚かく悟ごが要いるto require resolve or mental preparedness
一人ひとりで海かい外がいに住すむには相そう当とうな覚かく悟ごが要いる。
Living abroad alone requires a considerable amount of resolve.
〈人ひと〉に覚かく悟ごさせるto make someone prepare themselves (for bad news, hardship, etc.)
医い者しゃは家か族ぞくに最さい悪あくの結けっ果かを覚かく悟ごさせた。
The doctor made the family prepare for the worst possible outcome.

Expressions

赤あか字じ覚かく悟ごprepared for a loss; ready to operate at a deficit
決けっ死しの覚かく悟ごreadiness to die; facing death with resolve
死しを覚かく悟ごするprepare for death; get ready to die
覚かく悟ごを決きめるprepare oneself for the worst; resolve oneself; steel one's resolve

Kanji

覚memorize, learn, remember
悟enlightenment, perceive, discern

Related words· 6

決けつ意いN2sense 1
決意 is a proactive decision or determination to do something, while 覚悟 stresses mental readiness to face hardship or risk, sometimes including resignation.
決けっ心しんN3sense 1
決心 is simply making up one's mind to do something, whereas 覚悟 carries the added sense of steeling oneself for difficulty or danger.
諦あきらめN1
諦め is passive giving up without preparation, while 覚悟 implies consciously accepting an unwanted outcome after mentally preparing for it.
心こころ構がまえN2
覚悟 implies a deeper, often resigned readiness for a difficult or inevitable outcome, while 心構え is a more general mental preparation or attitude.

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不ふ退たい転てん
覚悟 focuses on being mentally prepared to face hardship, whereas 不退転 stresses that the resolve itself will never retreat once set.
観かん念ねんN2
覚悟 stresses mental readiness or resolve to face something, while 観念 (as in 観念する) stresses accepting defeat or an inescapable situation.

Don't confuse with

自じ覚かくN2
覚悟 means mental preparedness or resolve to face something, while 自覚 means simply being aware of a fact about oneself, and learners confuse the two because both contain 覚.

Written forms

覚かく悟ごUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling.
カクゴUsage<1%

Etymology

Originally a Buddhist term meaning spiritual awakening or realization. It later developed the secular senses of preparedness, resolve, and acceptance of an unavoidable outcome.