必ず (かならず) — certainly, without fail
必ず
certainly
Frequency #690
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 4
2 characters
adverb
kanarazu
かならず
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
かならず[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- certainly
- without fail
Explained in simple Japanese
- どんな ときでも ぜったいに そう なる ようす。
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Usage examples
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少人数の作品もありますが、「一人で作れば必ずインディー」と機械的には決められません。
Shouninzuu no sakuhin mo arimasu ga, "hitori de tsukureba kanarazu indii" to kikaiteki ni wa kimeraremasen.
Some are made by small teams, but we cannot mechanically conclude, "If one person makes it, it is always indie."
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