必然(ひつぜん)

ひつぜん
noun
inevitability; necessity
1. inevitability; necessity; certainty
Something that must happen and cannot be avoided.
必然(ひつぜん)の結果(けっか)だ。
It's an inevitable result.
必然的(ひつぜんてき)に起(お)こる。
It happens inevitably.
偶然(ぐうぜん)か必然(ひつぜん)か。
Is it coincidence or inevitability?

必然(ひつぜん) refers to something that must happen—inevitability or necessity by natural law or logic.

DERIVED FORMS:

  • 必然的(ひつぜんてき)(な): inevitable (na-adjective)
  • 必然的(ひつぜんてき)に: inevitably (adverb)
  • 必然性(ひつぜんせい): inevitability, necessity (abstract noun)

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 必然(ひつぜん)の結果(けっか): an inevitable result
  • 必然的(ひつぜんてき)に起(お)こる: to happen inevitably
  • 歴史(れきし)の必然(ひつぜん): historical inevitability

CONTRAST:

  • 必然(ひつぜん): inevitability (must happen)
  • 偶然(ぐうぜん): chance, coincidence (happens by accident)
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Added 2026.1.16 16:49 · Revised 2026.1.27 8:03
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