貫徹|かんてつkantetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbaccomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievement
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpenetration; pervasionnon-standard usage
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 貫徹する（かんてつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 貫徹します（かんてつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 貫徹しない（かんてつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 貫徹しません（かんてつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 貫徹せず・貫徹せぬ（かんてつせず・かんてつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 貫徹した（かんてつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 貫徹しました（かんてつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 貫徹しなかった（かんてつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 貫徹しませんでした（かんてつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 貫徹して（かんてつして） |
| Potential | 貫徹できる（かんてつできる） |
| Passive | 貫徹される（かんてつされる） |
| Causative | 貫徹させる（かんてつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 貫徹させられる（かんてつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 貫徹すれば（かんてつすれば） |
| tara | 貫徹したら（かんてつしたら） |
| Volitional | 貫徹しよう（かんてつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 貫徹しましょう（かんてつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 貫徹しろ（かんてつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym成し遂げるなしとげるNeutralNeutral word for seeing work or duties through to the end and achieving results, even great feats; unlike 「貫徹」 it does not stress unwavering commitment to a principle.
- Synonym完遂かんすいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for completing a task; stresses carrying the work through to the end, more about finishing the job than 「貫徹」.
- Synonym遂行すいこうWrittenWritten/formal prose: executing a task; mostly for official or professional duties, as in 「任務を遂行する」.
- Synonym全うするまっとうするWrittenWritten/formal prose: fulfilling something fully to the end; often about one's lifespan or duties, as in 「天寿を全うする」.
- Synonym遂げるとげるWrittenWritten/formal prose: achieving or attaining something; also for ending up with a certain result, as in 「成長を遂げる」.
- Synonymやり遂げるやりとげるCasualColloquial: getting things done; stresses the perseverance of seeing a job through, close in sense to 「貫徹」 but more everyday.
- Synonymやり抜くやりぬくCasualColloquial: sticking with it to the very end; stresses not giving up halfway, plainer than 「貫徹」.
- SynonymやりきるCasualColloquial: finishing something completely, with the satisfaction of having given it your all; more casual than 「貫徹」.
- Synonym遣り通すやりとおすCasualColloquial: carrying something through to the end; stresses not quitting along the way, much like 「貫徹」.
- Synonymし遂げるしとげるWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; synonymous with 「成し遂げる」 but much less often seen.
- Related果たすはたすNeutralNeutral: fulfilling or carrying something out; stresses discharging one's duties or obligations, as in 「責任を果たす」.
- Related成就じょうじゅWrittenWritten/formal prose: a hard task, wish, or goal being realized, as in 「大願成就」; 「貫徹」 is about holding to a policy to the end.
- Related履行りこうWrittenWritten/formal prose legal term for fulfilling an agreement or contract; stresses making good on a promise.
- Antonym放棄ほうきWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose: abandoning or giving up; the direct opposite of 「貫徹」's seeing things through, often with rights or responsibilities.
- Antonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralAntonym, neutral: stopping partway through; the opposite of 「貫徹」, which carries a policy all the way to the end.
Use 「貫徹」 for holding to a belief, policy, or resolve to the very end, as in 「初志貫徹」. For carrying out or completing a task, 「遂行」 and 「完遂」 fit; for everyday 'seeing it through to the end', 「やり遂げる」 is the natural choice.
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