絶対

How to remember it

絶 (cut off) + 対 (oppose) — nothing can oppose it; total, unbreakable certainty.

Example sentences

• 絶対に負けない！

  ぜったいにまけない！

  I absolutely won't lose!

• それは絶対に不可能だ。

  それはぜったいにふかのうだ。

  That is absolutely impossible.

Usage

Usually paired with に (絶対に) as an emphatic adverb.

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