決して

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決
けつ > けっ Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けっして [kèsshíté] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ɕːi̥te̞]

Adverb

決(けっ)して • (kesshite) 

1. never, by no means
2. not in the least

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN