断だんじて

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Meanings

Strong emphatic adverb used to state something with firm conviction. Very common in the negative pattern 断じて〜ない, meaning 'absolutely not' or 'by no means'; also possible in strong affirmative assertions.

そのような不ふ正せいは断だんじて許ゆるされない。
Such wrongdoing is absolutely unacceptable.
私わたしはその案あんに断だんじて反はん対たいです。
I am firmly opposed to that proposal.

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Usage patterns

断だんじて〜ないabsolutely not; by no means
そんなことは断だんじて許ゆるさない。
I will absolutely not forgive such a thing.
断だんじて〜ではないis decidedly not (something)
これは断だんじて偶ぐう然ぜんではない。
This is decidedly not a coincidence.
断だんじて〜するto do (something) with firm resolve; to positively assert
彼かれは断だんじて自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを変かえなかった。
He firmly refused to change his opinion.

Expressions

断だんじて行おこなえば鬼き神しんも之これを避さくwhere there's a will, there's a way

Kanji

断severance, decline, refuse

Related words

絶ぜっ対たいにN3
絶対に is the everyday, broadly applicable word for 'absolutely,' while 断じて is stronger, more formal, and used mainly in emphatic declarations.
決けっしてN4
決して almost always pairs with a negative predicate (決して〜ない) in ordinary speech, whereas 断じて carries a more resolute, declarative tone and can also appear in strong affirmatives.
断だん固ことして
断固として stresses firm, unwavering resolve behind an action, while 断じて emphasizes the absolute certainty of a statement or denial.
絶ぜっ対たいN4
断じて is a formal, literary adverb almost always paired with a negative verb to mean 'absolutely not', while 絶対 is the everyday word usable in both positive and negative sentences.
誓ちかって
断じて shares 誓って's dramatic, emphatic tone when denying something, though it lacks the literal sense of swearing an oath.

Etymology

Adverbialized from the て-form of 断じる or 断ずる, verbs meaning to judge, decide, or conclude firmly. The kanji 断 is conventionally associated with cutting off or making a decisive judgment.