奏功

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Chinese

present a memorial; to achieve; to play
merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
simp. and trad.
(奏功) 		奏 功

Pronunciation

Verb

奏功

  1. to succeed; to be effective
  2. (literary, archaic) to present an achievement to the imperial court

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奏 功
そう
Grade: 6 		こう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

奏(そう)功(こう) • (sōkō) 

  1. success, fruition

Verb

奏(そう)功(こう)する • (sōkō suru) suru (stem 奏(そう)功(こう)し (sōkō shi), past 奏(そう)功(こう)した (sōkō shita))

  1. to succeed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奏功する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 奏功し そうこうし sōkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 奏功し そうこうし sōkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 奏功する そうこうする sōkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 奏功する そうこうする sōkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 奏功すれ そうこうすれ sōkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 奏功せよ¹
奏功しろ² 		そうこうせよ¹
そうこうしろ² 		sōkō seyo¹
sōkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 奏功される そうこうされる sōkō sareru
Causative 奏功させる
奏功さす 		そうこうさせる
そうこうさす 		sōkō saseru
sōkō sasu
Potential 奏功できる そうこうできる sōkō dekiru
Volitional 奏功しよう そうこうしよう sōkō shiyō
Negative 奏功しない そうこうしない sōkō shinai
Negative continuative 奏功せず そうこうせず sōkō sezu
Formal 奏功します そうこうします sōkō shimasu
Perfective 奏功した そうこうした sōkō shita
Conjunctive 奏功して そうこうして sōkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 奏功すれば そうこうすれば sōkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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