遂げる (とげる, togeru) Japanese meaning: accomplish | Kotomora

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遂げる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	遂とげる	遂とげない
Polite	遂とげます	遂とげません
Past polite	遂とげました	遂とげませんでした
Past	遂とげた	遂とげなかった
Te-form	遂とげて	遂とげないで
Desire	遂とげたい	遂とげたくない
Potential	遂とげられるalso 遂とげれる	遂とげられないalso 遂とげれない
Passive	遂とげられる	遂とげられない
Causative	遂とげさせる	遂とげさせない
Causative passive	遂とげさせられる	遂とげさせられない
Volitional	遂とげよう
Polite volitional	遂とげましょう
Imperative	遂とげろ	遂とげるな
Conditional	遂とげれば	遂とげなければ
Tara conditional	遂とげたら	遂とげなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

accomplish; achieve; carry out

Used for completing a significant goal, task, or duty, often after effort or over time. Common with nouns like 目的, 使命, 発展, 成長.

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Kanji

遂consummate, accomplish, attain

Related words· 6

達たっ成せいN2sense 1
達成する is used for concrete, often numerical goals, while 遂げる suggests a longer process ending in a significant, sometimes dramatic, outcome.
成なし遂とげるN1sense 1
成し遂げる stresses overcoming hardship through personal effort, whereas 遂げる is more neutral and formal, covering both triumphant and tragic outcomes.
完かん遂すい sense 1
完遂する is a formal business/military term for fully completing a defined task, while 遂げる is a broader literary word that can also describe reaching an outcome like death.
晴はらす
晴らす is used with nouns like 本懐 to mean fulfilling a long-held ambition, whereas 遂げる is the more general verb for accomplishing any goal or task.

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全まっとうする
遂げる focuses on achieving a difficult result or goal, whereas 全うする emphasizes properly and completely performing a duty or role from start to finish.
成なすN2
遂げる emphasizes carrying an objective through to completion, while 成す's achievement sense overlaps but also covers forming, creating, and establishing more broadly.

Opposites

失しっ敗ぱいN4sense 1
失敗する means to fail, the opposite of successfully accomplishing something as expressed by 遂げる.

Don't confuse with

告つげるN2
告げる (つげる) means to tell or announce, and its similar -げる ending and shape can be confused with 遂げる (とげる), though the meanings are unrelated.
ついにN3
遂に shares the kanji 遂 with 遂げる but is an adverb meaning finally/at last, not a verb of accomplishment.

Word family

成なし遂とげるN1
accomplish; achieve; carry through to completion
やり遂とげるN1
accomplish; carry through; see through to the end
添そい遂とげる
remain married for life; stay together until death · succeed in marrying; finally get married

Written forms

遂とげるUsage74%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
とげるUsage26%

Etymology

Derived from classical verb 遂ぐ (とぐ), meaning 'to accomplish' or 'to finish'. The modern form 遂げる is the potential or spontaneous form that became a standalone verb.

遂とげる

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