Vocab Info

N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb, Suffix

()to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try

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    1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to form, to make, to constitute

    2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to build up (e.g. a fortune), to create, to establish

    3. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to accomplish, to achieve, to win (fame), to gain

    4. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to change (into), to convert

      as ...と〜
    5. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to do, to commit, to carry out, to bring about

      Usually written using kana alone, also written as 為す
    6. Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

      6.

      to do intentionally

      Usually written using kana alone, after the -masu stem of a verb

    All Forms

    成す 【なす】

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      政治(せいじ)()たちは少子化(しょうしか)対策(たいさく)()した。

      The politicians have carried out measures against the declining birthrate.

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      ナレーター:「動物(どうぶつ)()れを()して移動(いどう)しています。」

      Narrator: 'The animals are forming herds and migrating.'

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      兵士(へいし)たちは、相手(あいて)攻撃(こうげき)(おそ)れを()して()げてしまった。

      The soldiers, fearful of the enemy's attack, became scared and fled.

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      部長(ぶちょう)として、部下(ぶか)たちに売上(うりあげ)()びるために()べき(こと)(おし)えていくつもりだ。

      As a department head, I intend to teach my subordinates what needs to be achieved in order to increase sales.

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      一代(いちだい)にして(ざい)()した(かれ)にしたら、貧困(ひんこん)(くる)しんでいる(ひと)努力(どりょく)不足(ぶそく)()えるらしい。

      It seems that to him, who built up a fortune in one generation, people suffering from poverty appear to lack effort.

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