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必死 (ひっし): desperation, frantic, inevitable result — Japanese vocabulary

必死 is read ひっし and means "desperation, frantic, inevitable result". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

必死

Reading
ひっし · hisshi
Translation
desperation, frantic, inevitable result
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ひっしが

Example

彼は逃げようと必死だった。

かれはにげようとひっしだった。

He was desperate to escape.

Kanji in this word

  • 必 — necessary
  • 死 — Death, Die

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