WORD DETAIL
必然
ひつぜん
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
必然, readひつぜん, means something regarded as inevitable. - Basic usage: It is used to describe the result of accumulated decisions or a meeting between two people as inevitable.
小さな判断の積み重ねが必然の結果を生んだ。
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Inevitability compared with 偶然
必然means that the conditions or reasons make an outcome unavoidable, while偶然means that something happens by chance, without being expected or intended.

