必

Meaning

必 centers on the idea of something being bound to happen: it is certain, inevitable, or invariably the case.

• 必要ひつよう
  N4

  necessary; needed; essential; indispensable

• 必ずかならず
  N4

  always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably

• 必死ひっし
  N3

  frantic; frenetic; desperate

• 必須ひっす
  N1

  indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

• 必ずしもかならずしも
  N3

  (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

• 必見ひっけん

  must-see; not-to-be-missed

• 必殺ひっさつ

  bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

• 必然ひつぜん
  N1

  inevitable; necessary; certain; sure

• 必至ひっし

  inevitable; necessary; foregone

• 必需ひつじゅ

  necessary

• 必勝ひっしょう

  certain victory

• 必修ひっしゅう
  N1

  required (subject)

• 必ひつ

  definiteness; certainty

• 必読ひつどく
  N1

  must-read; required reading

• 必ずやかならずや

  certainly; surely; definitely

• 必携ひっけい

  indispensable; essential; must-have

• 必聴ひっちょう

  must-listen

• 必中ひっちゅう

  hitting the target

• 必着ひっちゃく
  N1

  must arrive (no later than; e.g. of an application); must be received; must be delivered

• 必定ひつじょう

  inevitably; certainly

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