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How to say "Never" or "Absolutely not" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Never" or "Absolutely not" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Never" or "Absolutely not" is "Kesshite", written in japanese as "決して".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The adverb '決して (けっして)' has two main meanings: 'never' and 'absolutely not'. It is used to strongly negate or deny something. It can be used to express that something will not happen under any circumstances. For example: I will never go to that place again - (私はあそこへ決して行かない). You must absolutely not tell anyone about this - (これについては決して誰にも言ってはいけません).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 1 Kanji:

The kanji "決" means "Decide" and can be read as "Ki" and "Ketsu"

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Kesshite" mean in japanese?

"Kesshite" means "Never" or "Absolutely not" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for decide?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Never" or "Absolutely not" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "て" is read as "te". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "け" is read as "ke". And The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.