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A successful parade with 成功

Kanji Explanation: Becoming and accomplishing with 成

Manga panel from 三ツ星カラーズ showing example of A successful parade with 成功.
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Yui’s class is participating in a parade at a festival. Yui wonders if Sacchan and Kotoha will come to watch.

結衣(ゆい):
「リーダーとしてパレードを成功(せいこう)させないとっ」
“As the leader, I have to make sure the parade is a success.”
Literal: “As the leader, I have to make the parade succeed.”

Key Points

1成功(せいこう) is success as an achieved outcome
  • By itself, 成功(せいこう) means success or a successful result.
  • In this scene, Yui is focused on the parade turning out well.
2成功(せいこう)させる means to make something succeed
  • The causative 〜させる turns success into something the speaker must bring about.
  • パレードを成功(せいこう)させる means make the parade a success.
3ないと and とっ convey pressure and determination
  • 〜ないと is a casual way to say have to or need to.
  • リーダーとして frames this as a role-based responsibility, and the clipped とっ gives the line urgency.

See Also

  • External: Marking the direct object with を
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