Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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(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

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References

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