adverbial N4 common casualpolitewritten

必ず — without fail / always

必ず・かならず

Meaning

without fail / always / be sure to — a guaranteed or obligatory occurrence

Key sentence

約束やくそくは必かならず守まもる。

I always keep my promises, without fail.

Usage

States that something invariably happens or must be done. In requests and instructions it means 'be sure to': 必かならず確認かくにんしてください = 'Make sure to check.'

Examples

この薬くすりは食後しょくごに必かならず飲のんでください。

Be sure to take this medicine after meals.

努力どりょくすれば必かならず報むくわれる。

Hard work always pays off.

Easily confused with

きっと必ず = an objective guarantee or rule (100%, 'it always happens'); きっと = the speaker's confident guess about something still uncertain. 絶対に絶対に is emphatic and emotional ('absolutely'); 必ず states reliable regularity or obligation, without the emotional charge.

See 必ず in real sentences

Jengo shows 必ず the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.

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