結果|けっかkekka[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounresult; consequence; outcome; effect結果は気にするな。↗Don't worry about the results.
- adverbas a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
- 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.
- 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.
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