Chinese edit

 
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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Adverb edit

必定

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

Synonyms edit

  • (without fail):

Antonyms edit

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

Adjective edit

必定

  1. (literary, Classical Chinese) certain and settled

Japanese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō

  1. inevitably, certainly

Adjective edit

(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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN