必死|ひっしhisshi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, no-adjectivefrantic; frenetic; desperate
    その奴隷どれいは必死ひっしに逃にげた。↗
    The slave ran for his life.
    ジェフとミアは何なんとか離婚りこんだけは避さけようと必死ひっしになっている。↗
    Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.
  2. nouninevitable death
  3. noun, shogibrinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
Conjugation
Plain form必死(ひっし)
Polite (desu)必死です(ひっしです)
Negative (dewa nai)必死ではない(ひっしではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)必死ではありません(ひっしではありません)
Past (datta)必死だった(ひっしだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)必死ではなかった(ひっしではなかった)
Te form (de)必死で(ひっしで)
Adverbial (ni)必死に(ひっしに)
Conditional (nara)必死なら(ひっしなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym余裕よゆうNeutral余裕(よゆう), neutral in register, is the antonym: it denotes composure or leeway — spare time, money, or mental ease — the absence of the desperate urgency of 必死(ひっし).

Use 必死(ひっし) for frantic, all-out effort under pressure; choose 余裕(よゆう) when someone has composure or resources to spare. The two sit at opposite ends of one scale of strain versus ease.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 必かならず死しぬこと。
  2. 死しを覚悟かくごで全力ぜんりょくを尽つくすこと。非常ひじょうに苦労くろうすること。またそのような感情かんじょう。
  3. どのように対処たいしょしても次つぎの手てで必かならず即そく詰つみになる状態じょうたい。
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