JLPT N3 · な-adjective

必死 (hisshi)

必死 (ひっし, hisshi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “frantic; frenetic”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひっし
Romaji: hisshi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

frantic; frenetic; desperate · な-adjective, noun taking の
inevitable death · noun
brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) · noun

Example sentences

その奴隷は必死に逃げた。

The slave ran for his life.

Tatoeba #207528

ジェフとミアは何とか離婚だけは避けようと必死になっている。

Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.

Tatoeba #216386

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 必死

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	必死だ	ひっしだ hisshida
Present (polite)	必死です	ひっしです hisshidesu
Negative	必死じゃない	ひっしじゃない hisshijanai
Past	必死だった	ひっしだった hisshidatta
Negative past	必死じゃなかった	ひっしじゃなかった hisshijanakatta
Te-form	必死で	ひっしで hisshide
Before a noun	必死な	ひっしな hisshina
Adverb (~ni)	必死に	ひっしに hisshini

Kanji in 必死

必

invariably, certain, inevitableヒツ・かなら.ず · 5 strokes

死

death, dieシ・し.ぬ・し.に- · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 必死.

必ずかならずalways必要ひつようnecessary必ずしもかならずしも(not) always必需品ひつじゅひんnecessities必修ひっしゅうrequired (subject)必然ひつぜんinevitable死ぬしぬto die死しdeath死亡しぼうdeath死体したいdead body死刑しけいdeath penalty生死せいしlife and death

Source: JMdict entry 1601890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.