完熟|かんじゅくkanjuku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivefull ripeness; full maturity
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 完熟する（かんじゅくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 完熟します（かんじゅくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 完熟しない（かんじゅくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 完熟しません（かんじゅくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 完熟せず・完熟せぬ（かんじゅくせず・かんじゅくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 完熟した（かんじゅくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 完熟しました（かんじゅくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 完熟しなかった（かんじゅくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 完熟しませんでした（かんじゅくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 完熟して（かんじゅくして） |
| Potential | 完熟できる（かんじゅくできる） |
| Passive | 完熟される（かんじゅくされる） |
| Causative | 完熟させる（かんじゅくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 完熟させられる（かんじゅくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 完熟すれば（かんじゅくすれば） |
| tara | 完熟したら（かんじゅくしたら） |
| Volitional | 完熟しよう（かんじゅくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 完熟しましょう（かんじゅくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 完熟しろ（かんじゅくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym成熟せいじゅくNeutralBroader in scope: covers fruit and grain ripening but also people and timing maturing; 「完熟」 is limited to fruit and seeds being completely ripe.
- Synonym熟成じゅくせいNeutralAbout flavor deepening through storage or fermentation — wine, meat, cheese; 「完熟」 describes the fruit or seed itself reaching full ripeness.
- Synonym熟するじゅくするWrittenWritten/formal verb: fruit ripening, but also the right moment arriving or a word coming into common use; stresses becoming ripe, not fully ripe like 「完熟」.
- Synonym熟れるうれるNeutralEveryday verb for fruit or grain becoming ripe enough to eat; it only says ripe, without stressing complete ripeness as 「完熟」 does.
- Related円熟えんじゅくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A person's character or skill becoming mellow and polished — metaphorical, for people not fruit, unlike 「完熟」.
- Related実るみのるNeutralVerb for bearing fruit or grain ripening, also metaphorically for efforts paying off; centers on producing results, not the degree of ripeness in 「完熟」.
- Related老熟ろうじゅくWrittenWritten/formal. Long experience and seasoned skill — used of people, rare even in writing, and has nothing to do with fruit ripening.
- Related老成ろうせいWrittenWritten/formal. Seasoned and steady, also said of the young who seem older than their years; used of people, nothing to do with fruit.
- Related熟むうむWrittenA verb for fruit ripening, but archaic and rarely seen; in daily speech use 「熟れる」 instead.
- Antonym未熟みじゅくNeutralThe opposite pole: fruit still unripe and green, or skills and experience still immature — the opposite of the full ripeness of 「完熟」.
- Antonym青いあおいNeutralLiterally blue or green; said of fruit it means still green and unripe, and of people, immature — opposite to 「完熟」 in ripeness.
Use 「完熟」 for fruit or seeds fully ripe, as in 「完熟トマト」. For ripeness in general use 「熟れる」 or 「成熟」; for wine, meat or cheese aging use 「熟成」; for a seasoned person use 「円熟」. The other words cover people (「老熟」「老成」), results (「実る」), or the unripe opposite (「未熟」「青い」).
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