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必然
Meaning in Englishinevitable, necessary
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What it means
必然 means inevitability or necessity; it denotes that something will occur as a necessary consequence given conditions, rather than by chance.
Main meanings
- inevitability — hitsuzen
- necessity or unavoidable outcome — hitsuzensei
- the adjective form 必然的 meaning 'inevitable' — hitsuzenteki
- opposite or contrasting idea: 偶然 (guuzen) meaning coincidence or chance
How to use it
Used as a noun to express inevitability; in formal, philosophical, and analytical contexts it signals that a result is determined by conditions and not by random chance; can be followed by の, だ, or used in phrases with -性 or -的 to form related terms; in everyday speech it can appear when people feel a situation is unavoidable.
Variants and close terms
- 必然性 — hitsuzensei (inevitability)
- 必然的 — hitsuzenteki (inevitable)
- 偶然 — guuzen (coincidence, chance)
- 当然 — tozen (natural, of course)
Composition
- 必: must, certain; expresses necessity
- 然: thus, so; indicates a state or consequence
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Noun/na-adjective (na-adjective)
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Related words by kanji and components
N1
公然
kouzen
openly
N1
整然
seizen
orderly, regular, well-organized
N1
断然
danzen
firmly, absolutely, definitely
N1
漠然
bakuzen
obscure, vague, equivocal
N1
呆然
bouzen
dumbfounded, overcome with surprise
N1
必修
hisshuu
required (subject)
N2
自然科学
shizenkagaku
natural science
N2
必需品
hitsujuhin
necessities, essential
N3
自然
shizen
nature, natural, spontaneous
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