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断然 (だんぜん) — firmly | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

断然

だんぜん

adverb

Meanings

1firmly
2absolutely
3definitely
4flatly
5resolutely
6definitely (wrong, different, etc.)
7by far
8far and away

Example sentence

グロリアは断然その晩のピカ一の歌手であった。

Gloria was easily the best singer of that evening.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

断Severance, Decline, Refuse11 strokes 然Sort Of Thing, So, If So12 strokes

More words with 断

判断はんだん · judgmentN3 断面だんめん · cross sectionN1 断言だんげん · assertionN1 中断ちゅうだん · interruptionN1 無断むだん · without permission

Full entry on Jisho

N1

診断しんだん · diagnosisN2

断定だんてい · conclusionN2

決断けつだん · decisionN1

More words with 然

整然せいぜん · orderlyN1 漠然ばくぜん · obscureN1 必然ひつぜん · inevitableN1 自然科学しぜんかがく · natural scienceN2 自然しぜん · natureN3 天然てんねん · natureN3 偶然ぐうぜん · (by) chanceN3 公然こうぜん · openlyN1

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