必然

ひつぜん

Meanings

1. の-adjective, な-adjective inevitable; necessary; certain; sure Antonym: 偶然 (ぐうぜん).
2. Noun inevitability; necessity

Kanji

• 必 must. Read as ヒツ.
• 然 -ly. Read as ゼン.

Example sentences

• 彼らの出会いは必然だった。
  Their meeting was inevitable.
• 偶然も３度重なれば必然になる。
  In addition, coincidences inevitably come in threes.

Words containing 必然

• 必然的 (ひつぜんてき) inevitable
• 必然性 (ひつぜんせい) necessity

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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