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!

成功せいこうする(seikou-suru)

Succeed / Go well

“成功せいこうする” 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 “成功せいこうする” is “成功せいこうします, 成功せいこうする, 成功せいこうしない, 成功せいこうした, 成功せいこうしなかった. And the noun of “成功せいこうする(Succeed)” is “成功せいこう(Success)” and “成功せいこうした___(successful ___)” is adjective. For instance, success case(成功せいこう事例じれい), success in business(事業じぎょうでの成功せいこう), successful artist(成功せいこうしたアーティスト), successful business owner(成功せいこうした経営者けいえいしゃ), etc. The basic ways to use “成功せいこうする” is “___は成功せいこうする。(___ succeed)”, etc. For instance, “私わたしは成功せいこうする。(I succeed.)”, “彼かれは成功せいこうする。(I succeed.)”, “お父とうさんは成功せいこうする。(I succeed.)”, etc. Everyone could use it as casual, polite and formal such as “お父とうさんは成功せいこうしたよ。(I succeeded.)” as casual and “父ちちは成功せいこうしました。(I succeeded.)” as polite and formal.

Example

成功せいこうの秘訣ひけつは何なんですか？ (What’s the secret of success?) (成功的秘诀是什么？) (성공의 비결이 뭔가요?) (Bí quyết để thành công là gì ạ?)

失敗しっぱいは成功せいこうのもとだよ。 (Failure teaches success.) (失败是成功之母。) (실패는 성공의 어머니야.) (Thất bại là mẹ thành công đấy.)

お父とうさんはビジネスで成功せいこうしてるよ。 (My dad has a successful business.) (我的父亲在商业上很成功。) (아빠는 사업으로 성공했어.) (Bố tớ rất thành công trong công việc kinh doanh đấy.)