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Japanese
Etymology
/kari narazu/ → /karunarazu/ → /kanːarazu/ → /kanarazu/
Shift from 仮ならず (kari narazu), itself from 仮 (kari, “temporary”) + ならず (narazu, “not becoming”), the negative continuative form of なる (naru, “to become”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
必ず • (kanarazu)
- absolutely, categorically, certainly, definitely, surely
- Synonyms: 絶対に (zettai ni), 無条件に (mujōken ni)
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
- サヌアにて我々は、「夜は必ず明ける」と唱える学生らの声を聞いた。
- Sanua nite wareware wa, “yoru wa kanarazu akeru” to tonaeru gakusei-ra no koe o kiita.
- In Sanaa, we heard the students who chanted, "The night must come to an end."
- inevitably, invariably, without fail, necessarily, always
- Synonym: 必然的に (hitsuzen-teki ni)
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN