決して (けっして) — never, by no means

決けっして never

Frequency #808 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 3 characters adverb

kesshite

けっして

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. けっして[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

never
by no means

Explained in simple Japanese

ぜったいにしないときに言(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.

けっ決 decide

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Words with 決 (24)

決(けっ)定(てい) kettei decision 決(き)める kimeru to decide 解(かい)決(けつ) kaiketsu solution 決(き)まる kimaru to be decided 判(はん)決(けつ) hanketsu judgment 決(けっ)勝(しょう) kesshou finals 決(けっ)算(さん) kessan settlement of accounts 決(けつ)議(ぎ) ketsugi resolution

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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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Words with 決 (24)

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