大成

たいせい【大成】

¶ → 大成する

¶俳優として～する

be a success as an actor; succeed as an actor.

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たいせい【大成】

1 〔大物になること〕 completion; perfection; maturity; maturation; achievement.

～する attain [achieve, reach, come to] greatness; mature.

●音楽家[画家]として大成する achieve greatness as a musician [painter]; become [come to be] a great musician [artist]

・彼は今に大成する. He promises to achieve great things. | He has the makings of greatness in him. | He's on the verge of greatness.

・彼女はこの先大成しまい. I don't think she is going to mature into greatness. | She doesn't have the makings of (future) greatness. | Her future doesn't hold great promise. | She will never amount to much.

2 〔完成〕 completion; accomplishment; achievement.

～する 〔完成する〕 complete; accomplish; bring to completion; perfect; finish.

●事業を大成する accomplish one's work

・能を大成する perfect Noh; bring Noh to a state of perfection

・彼の研究は 20 年がかりで大成した. His work was crowned with success after twenty years.

●大成者 a person who achieves perfection; a person who perfects 《a theory, a product》; a perfector [perfecter] 《of a theory》

・茶の湯の大成者 the person who brought the tea ceremony to its final perfection.

3 〔集大成〕 (a) large-scale compilation.

～する compile.

●諸注を大成する make a comprehensive compilation of annotations; compile various annotations into a comprehensive list.