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是非 (ぜひ): By all means / please — Japanese vocabulary

是非 is read ぜひ and means "By all means / please". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

是非

Reading
ぜひ · zehi
Translation
By all means / please
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ぜひが

Example

「キャッチボールしようか」「よし、是非やろう」

「キャッチボールしようか」「よし、ぜひやろう」

"How about playing catch?" "Sure, why not?"

Kanji in this word

  • 是 — this, right
  • 非 — non-, not

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