結果|けっかkekka[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounresult; consequence; outcome; effect
    結果けっかは気きにするな。↗
    Don't worry about the results.
  2. adverbas a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
    結果けっか、雨あめの日ひは部屋へやの中なかでボール遊あそびをしています。↗
    As a result, we play ball inside on rainy days.
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbearing fruit; fruiting
Conjugation
Dictionary form結果する(けっかする)
Polite (masu)結果します(けっかします)
Negative (nai)結果しない(けっかしない)
polite (masen)結果しません(けっかしません)
classical zu / nu結果せず・結果せぬ(けっかせず・けっかせぬ)
Past (ta)結果した(けっかした)
polite (mashita)結果しました(けっかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)結果しなかった(けっかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)結果しませんでした(けっかしませんでした)
Te form結果して(けっかして)
Potential結果できる(けっかできる)
Passive結果される(けっかされる)
Causative結果させる(けっかさせる)
Causative passive結果させられる(けっかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)結果すれば(けっかすれば)
tara結果したら(けっかしたら)
Volitional結果しよう(けっかしよう)
polite (mashou)結果しましょう(けっかしましょう)
Imperative結果しろ(けっかしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym結末けつまつNeutralHow something ends or wraps up, as in 「物語の結末」; stresses the ending itself, while 「結果」 is the outcome within a cause-and-effect chain.
  • Synonym首尾しゅびWrittenWritten language for how something turns out or the course of events, as in 「首尾よく」; the focus is on success or failure.
  • Synonym始末しまつWrittenWritten language for the course of events or a bad outcome, as in 「この始末だ」; usually carries a negative shade.
  • Synonym成果せいかNeutralGood results, as in 「研究成果」; used only for positive outcomes, unlike 「結果」.
  • Related成り行きなりゆきNeutralHow a situation develops, as in 「成り行きを見守る」; stresses the course things take rather than the final outcome.
  • Related影響えいきょうNeutralThe influence something has on other things, as in 「影響を与える」; stresses the effect spreading to what it touches.
  • Related効果こうかNeutralThe effect something produces, often a beneficial one but not always, as in 「温室効果」.
  • Related作用さようWrittenWritten language for an action or operation on something else, as in 「副作用」; stresses exerting an influence.
  • Related余波よはWrittenWritten language for after-effects, as in 「台風の余波」; stresses the impact lingering after the event itself.
  • Related至りいたりFormalA formal word for a result or the height of something, as in 「若気の至り」.
  • Antonym原因げんいんNeutralThe opposite of 「結果」: what causes it, as in 「原因と結果」.
  • Antonym理由りゆうNeutralThe opposite of 「結果」: the reason behind something, as in 「理由を説明する」.

Default to 「結果」 for results. Use 「結末」 for how things end, 「成果」 for good results, 「成り行き」 for how a situation develops, 「余波」 for after-effects, and 「効果」 for effects; for the opposite side, 「原因」 and 「理由」 give the cause or reason.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. ある行為こういから生うまれた状態じょうたいや事柄ことがら。
  2. 成果せいか、良よい成績せいせき。
  3. 連体れんたい修飾語しゅうしょくごを受うけ、副詞ふくし的てきにある事態じたいの生しょうじる元もととなる結末けつまつ状態じょうたいを表あらわす語ご。
  4. 実じつを結むすぶこと。実じつが生なること。結実けつじつ。
  5. (ある結果けっかが)出来上できあがる。生うまれる。
  6. 〔...という〕結果けっかを生み出うみだす。
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