必然的(ひつぜんてき)

必然的(ひつぜんてき) describes something that is bound to happen as a logical or natural consequence. It implies that the outcome could not have been otherwise.

Forms

• な-adjective: 必然的(ひつぜんてき)な結果(けっか) (an inevitable result)
• Adverbial: 必然的(ひつぜんてき)に (inevitably)

Related words

• 必然(ひつぜん): inevitability (base noun, also stands alone)
• 偶然的(ぐうぜんてき): accidental, coincidental (opposite)
• 偶然(ぐうぜん): coincidence, chance (opposite base noun)
• 不可避(ふかひ): unavoidable (similar meaning, slightly more formal)

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Common in academic writing, essays, and formal discussion. Rarely used in casual conversation, where speakers would say 当然(とうぜん) (naturally) or しかたがない (it can't be helped) instead.