必死

Chinese

 
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
simp. and trad.
(必死)

Pronunciation


Adjective

必死

  1. mortal; be destined to die

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 4

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From (hitsu, necessary) + (shi, death).

Pronunciation

Adjective

必死 (-na inflection, hiragana ひっし, rōmaji hisshi)

  1. (obsolete) mortal
  2. desperate, frantic
     (ひっ) () ()らいつく
    hisshi ni kuraitsuku
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with "必至". "必" means "inevitable to become", "必" means "inevitable to die".

Synonyms

Inflection

Noun

必死 (hiragana ひっし, rōmaji hisshi)

  1. mortality
  2. desperation
  3. brinkmate

References

  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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