決して

Kana: けっして

absolutely (must not); by all means

Example sentence

決して忘れないでください。

けっしてわすれないでください。

Please don't ever forget it.

What 決して means

決して (けっして) is an Japanese word meaning “absolutely (must not); by all means”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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