必ずしも (かならずしも) — not necessarily, not always

必かならずしも not necessarily

Frequency #1824 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 4 characters adverb

kanarazushimo

かならずしも

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. かならずしも[4] nakadaka 中高

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Meanings

not necessarily
not always

Explained in simple Japanese

いつもそうだとはかぎらないときに言(い)うことば。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

かなら必 invariably

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Words with 必 (17)

必(ひつ)要(よう) hitsuyou necessary 必(かなら)ず kanarazu certainly 必(ひっ)須(す) hissu essential 必(ひっ)死(し) hisshi desperate 必(ひつ)然(ぜん) hitsuzen inevitable 必(ひっ)見(けん) hikken must-see 必(ひっ)至(し) hisshi inevitable 必(ひっ)修(しゅう) hisshuu required subject

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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