How To Say “ Succeed” In Japanese: Easy Steps
I’d say there are a lot of topics in daily conversations and one of them is “Success”, isn’t it? Do you know how to correctly use “Succeed” in Japanese? After reading this, you would be able to use it. Let me introduce how to correctly use it today!
成功する (seikou-suru)
Succeed / Go well
“成功する” means “Succeed or Go well” and which has been used as the meaning of “you achieve something that you have been aiming for”. It is a verb. The verb conjugation of “成功する” is “成功します, 成功する, 成功しない, 成功した, 成功しなかった. And the noun of “成功する(Succeed)” is “成功(Success)” and “成功した___(successful ___)” is adjective. For instance, success case(成功事例), success in business(事業での成功), successful artist(成功したアーティスト), successful business owner(成功した経営者), etc. The basic ways to use “成功する” is “___は成功する。(___ succeed)”, etc. For instance, “私は成功する。(I succeed.)”, “彼は成功する。(I succeed.)”, “お父さんは成功する。(I succeed.)”, etc. Everyone could use it as casual, polite and formal such as “お父さんは成功したよ。(I succeeded.)” as casual and “父は成功しました。(I succeeded.)” as polite and formal.






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