1.
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out to completion
To see something through to the end, to bring an endeavor or process to completion. Often used for significant achievements or transformations.
目的を遂げる。
To accomplish one's objective.
この街は大きな発展を遂げた。
This city achieved great development.
長年の努力の末に、ついに夢を遂げることができた。
After years of effort, I was finally able to fulfill my dream.
遂げる is a transitive ichidan verb with a literary, formal tone. It emphasizes completion and finality.
ASPECT (ている):
Rarely used in the ている form. The focus is on the completed result rather than an ongoing state.
PARTICLE PATTERNS:
- Aを遂げる (accomplish A)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 目的を遂げる (accomplish an objective)
- 成長を遂げる (achieve growth)
- 発展を遂げる (achieve development)
- 変貌を遂げる (undergo a transformation)
- 進化を遂げる (achieve an evolution)
Also appears in the compound verb 成し遂げる (to accomplish, to achieve), which is even more emphatic. The expression 死を遂げる means "to meet one's death" (literary).