Chinese

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certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
simp. and trad.
(必定)
anagram 定必

Etymology

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Attested in the 1st century BC work 說苑 (Shuo Yuan) compiled by Liu Xiang written in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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必定

  1. without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
  2. determinedly

Synonyms

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  • (without fail):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of without fail): 偶然 (ǒurán)

Adjective

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必定

  1. (literary, Classical Chinese) certain and settled

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひつ
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō

  1. inevitably, certainly

Adjective

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(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō-na (adnominal (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō na), adverbial (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō ni))

  1. inevitably, certainly

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN