Illustration: On a gently sloping shopping street, the bottom of a shopper’s paper bag has split. Oranges spread down the pavement in a clear trail: one bumps a shoe, another curves around a drain, and several roll into an empty basket a greengrocer has quickly lowered ahead of them.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

成なり行ゆき

nariyuki

course of events, outcome

Example sentences

  1. 成なり行ゆきに任まかせなさい。

    Let things take their own course.

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  2. こんな成なり行ゆきになるとは思おもわなかった。

    I didn’t foresee this turn of events.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 事ことの意外いがいな成なり行ゆきに目めを白黒しろくろさせた。

    I blinked in amazement at the unexpected development.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 成行

  • 成turn into; becomeOnセイ・ジョウKunなる・なす
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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