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是非 (ぜひ, zehi) Japanese meaning: certainly | Kotomora
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Please do come and visit.
I definitely want to see that movie.
Usage patterns 是ぜ 非ひ 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 たい to really want to do ~, by all means
I really want to see that movie.
〈 事こと 〉 の 是ぜ 非ひ を 問と う to question whether ~ is right or wrong
Voices are being raised questioning whether this plan is right or wrong.
是ぜ 非ひ 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 てください please do ~, by all means (a warm request or invitation)
〈 事こと 〉 の 是ぜ 非ひ を 論ろん じる to debate the pros and cons of ~
Experts debated the pros and cons of the policy.
Expressions 是ぜ 非ひ もない unavoidable; inevitable; there's no help for it 是ぜ 非ひ もなし it can't be helped; there is no choice; inevitable 是ぜ 非ひ に 及およ ばず unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped Related words· 12 必ず means 'without fail' in an objective, factual sense, while 是非 expresses the speaker's own strong wish or urging.
善悪 focuses narrowly on moral good versus evil, while 是非 more broadly covers rightness or wrongness, correctness or incorrectness, in any matter.
きっと conveys the speaker's confident expectation that something will happen, whereas 是非 conveys a personal desire or invitation for someone to do something.
ぜひ expresses a positive, inviting wish ('please do'), while どうしても carries a stronger, sometimes insistent sense of necessity or unavoidability.
Show 8 more 是非 focuses narrowly on right versus wrong or moral propriety, while 良し悪し more broadly covers quality, suitability, and practical merit.
是非とも is a more emphatic version of 是非; both mean 'by all means', but 是非とも is used for stronger requests or more intense determination.
是非 means 'by all means' in a neutral, everyday tone, while 何卒 used in this sense carries a more formal, insistent nuance.
Word family discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong
right and wrong; merits and demerits; propriety
certainly; by all means; absolutely
rights and wrongs; relative merits
Written forms 是ぜ 非ひ Usage 31%
Standard kanji spelling for both the adverbial and noun senses.
ぜひ Usage 69%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially for the adverbial sense.
ゼヒ Usage <1%
Etymology From Chinese 是非 (shìfēi), literally 'is and is not', used as an adverb in Japanese to mean 'by all means' and as a noun for 'right and wrong'.
ぜひぜひ
是非 is the plain, everyday form meaning 'by all means' or 'certainly', while 是非是非 doubles it for extra emphasis, especially in invitations or strong wishes.
是非 means the rights and wrongs or pros and cons of a matter in an evaluative or argumentative sense, while 黒白 frames the same idea as a black-versus-white contrast.
是非 emphasizes the rightness or wrongness of an act itself, whereas 白黒 focuses on settling which side is guilty or correct.
是非 asks whether something is right or wrong, whereas 賛否 asks whether people support or oppose it.
是非 as a noun means right and wrong in a moral or logical sense, while 可否 is used for formal decisions about advisability.
unavoidable; inevitable; no alternative
principle of being fair and just; unbiased policy
