Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひつ
Grade: 4
ぜん
Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology edit

必然 (hitsuzen, necessary) +‎ (-teki, -ive, -like, ish)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) つぜんてき [hìtsúzéńtékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çit͡sɨᵝzẽ̞nte̞kʲi]

Adjective edit

(ひつ)(ぜん)(てき) (hitsuzenteki-na (adnominal (ひつ)(ぜん)(てき) (hitsuzenteki na), adverbial (ひつ)(ぜん)(てき) (hitsuzenteki ni))

  1. certain, inevitable, necessary
    Antonyms: 偶発的 (gūhatsu-teki, incidental), 不可能 (fukanō, impossible)

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN