1.
to accomplish, to achieve, to carry through to completion
To successfully complete a difficult or significant undertaking. Emphasizes the completion of something that required sustained effort or determination.
大きなことを成し遂げた。
I accomplished something great.
目標を成し遂げるまで諦めない。
I won't give up until I achieve my goal.
困難を乗り越え、チームは見事にプロジェクトを成し遂げた。
Overcoming difficulties, the team brilliantly completed the project.
成し遂げる is a compound verb combining 成す (to accomplish, to form) and 遂げる (to carry through to the end).
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
- Pattern: ~を成し遂げる
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 偉業を成し遂げる: to accomplish a great feat
- 目標を成し遂げる: to achieve a goal
- 使命を成し遂げる: to fulfill a mission
- 改革を成し遂げる: to carry out a reform
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 成し遂げる: to accomplish (emphasizes completion of something significant)
- 達成する: to achieve, to attain (more neutral, common in business)
- 果たす: to fulfill, to carry out (duty or promise)
- やり遂げる: to see through to the end (more colloquial)