- hitsuzen inevitable, necessary, certain, sure; inevitability, necessity
Used in formal writing or speech to describe outcomes that follow by logical or natural necessity; stronger than たぶん.
努力すれば成功は必然だ。
Doryoku sureba seikō wa hitsuzen da.
If you work hard, success is inevitable.
その事故は必然だった。
Sono jiko wa hitsuzen datta.
That accident was inevitable.
⚖️ Often confused with 当然 (tōzen), which means natural or obvious, while 必然 implies a stronger logical necessity.
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