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    3. 必死

    必死

    必ひっ死し

    frantic

    N3KMT3News #5+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ひっし

    Adjective, Particle

    1.
    frantic, frenetic, desperate

    Noun

    2.
    inevitable death
    3.
    brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
    shogi

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    彼かれは必ひっ死しに走はしった。

    He ran desperately.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    必ひっ死しに勉べん強きょうして、試し験けんに合ごう格かくしました。

    I studied desperately and passed the exam.

    KMT3Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    彼かの女じょは子こ供どもを守まもるために必ひっ死しだった。

    She was desperate to protect her child.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    必ひっ死しの努ど力りょくが実みを結むすび、プロジェクトは成せい功こうした。

    Desperate efforts bore fruit, and the project succeeded.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    チームは必ひっ死しの抵てい抗こうを見みせたが、結けっ局きょく敗やぶれた。

    The team put up a desperate resistance, but ultimately lost.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts

    Kanji that make up this word

    必
    かなら.ず…(1)
    invariably・certain・inevitable
    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
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