円熟|えんじゅくenjuku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbripeness; mellowness; maturity
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 円熟する（えんじゅくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 円熟します（えんじゅくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 円熟しない（えんじゅくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 円熟しません（えんじゅくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 円熟せず・円熟せぬ（えんじゅくせず・えんじゅくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 円熟した（えんじゅくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 円熟しました（えんじゅくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 円熟しなかった（えんじゅくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 円熟しませんでした（えんじゅくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 円熟して（えんじゅくして） |
| Potential | 円熟できる（えんじゅくできる） |
| Passive | 円熟される（えんじゅくされる） |
| Causative | 円熟させる（えんじゅくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 円熟させられる（えんじゅくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 円熟すれば（えんじゅくすれば） |
| tara | 円熟したら（えんじゅくしたら） |
| Volitional | 円熟しよう（えんじゅくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 円熟しましょう（えんじゅくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 円熟しろ（えんじゅくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym成熟せいじゅくNeutralCovers fruit ripening, physical and mental maturity, and the right timing; 「円熟」 is only for a person's skill or character polished through training.
- Synonym老成ろうせいWrittenWritten word for someone seasoned and shrewd, or young yet mature beyond their years; 「円熟」 stresses rounded, consummate polish.
- Synonym老熟ろうじゅくWrittenA rare written word for long experience and proficiency; close to 「円熟」 but without its emphasis on a well-rounded character.
- Related熟成じゅくせいNeutralThe everyday word for wine, meat, cheese etc. developing flavour as they age; 「円熟」 describes a person's skill or character, not food.
- Related完熟かんじゅくNeutralFruit that is fully ripe, as in 「完熟トマト」; 「円熟」 is never used for fruit, only for character and skill.
- Related実るみのるNeutralBears fruit, literally or for efforts paying off; 「円熟」 is about skill or character maturing through training.
- Related熟するじゅくするWrittenWritten word for fruit ripening, the time being ripe, or a word coming into common use; 「円熟」 is only about people's skill and character.
- Related長けるたけるWrittenBeing skilled at something, as in 「語学に長ける」; 「円熟」 stresses the polish gained through overall experience.
- Related練れるねれるWrittenRare word for a person becoming polished and worldly through experience; close to the human sense of 「円熟」.
- Antonym未熟みじゅくNeutralUnripe fruit, or an immature, unskilled person; the direct opposite of 「円熟」 in skill and character.
- Antonym青臭いあおくさいCasualColloquial for naive, immature thinking, and also for a grassy smell; opposite of 「円熟」 in how one conducts oneself.
Use 「円熟」 for the polish and maturity a person's skill or character gains through long experience, as in 「円熟の演技」. For fruit ripening, physical or mental maturity, or the right timing, say 「成熟」; for aging wine, meat or cheese, 「熟成」; for fully ripe fruit, 「完熟」. 「老成」 and 「練れる」 also describe seasoned people, while 「未熟」 and the colloquial 「青臭い」 are the opposites.
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