(けつじつ)

けつじつ
noun, suru verb
bearing fruit; fruition; coming to fruition
自動詞 intransitiveformal
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present結実(けつじつ)する結実(けつじつ)しない
Present polite結実(けつじつ)します結実(けつじつ)しません
Past結実(けつじつ)した結実(けつじつ)しなかった
Past polite結実(けつじつ)しました結実(けつじつ)しませんでした
て form結実(けつじつ)して結実(けつじつ)しなくて
ている present結実(けつじつ)している結実(けつじつ)していない
ている polite結実(けつじつ)しています結実(けつじつ)していません
ている past結実(けつじつ)していた結実(けつじつ)していなかった
ている past polite結実(けつじつ)していました結実(けつじつ)していませんでした
Conditional ば結実(けつじつ)すれば結実(けつじつ)しなければ
Conditional たら結実(けつじつ)したら結実(けつじつ)しなかったら
Volitional結実(けつじつ)しよう
Volitional polite結実(けつじつ)しましょう
Potential結実(けつじつ)できる結実(けつじつ)できない
Passive結実(けつじつ)される結実(けつじつ)されない
Causative結実(けつじつ)させる結実(けつじつ)させない
Imperative結実(けつじつ)しろ結実(けつじつ)するな
1. bearing fruit (literally)
The process of a plant producing fruit.
りんご()結実(けつじつ)した
The apple tree bore fruit.
Some varieties won't bear fruit without pollination.
It was warm this year, so the fruit set early.
2. bearing fruit (figuratively); coming to fruition
Efforts, plans, or work producing successful results. Used figuratively to describe when sustained effort finally pays off.
Years of effort bore fruit.
The research finally came to fruition, and the new medicine was completed.
The negotiations between the two countries bore fruit, and a treaty was concluded.

Usage

結実(けつじつ) is used both literally for plants bearing fruit and figuratively for efforts producing results. The figurative sense is very common in writing and formal speech.

Common collocations

Similar words

(みの) also means "to bear fruit" (both literally and figuratively) but is native Japanese (和語(わご)) and sounds more natural in everyday speech. 結実(けつじつ) is Sino-Japanese and more formal.