Illustration: Beside a Japanese riverside footpath, an art student lies flat on the grass, desperately gripping the strap of a portfolio that has slipped over the embankment edge.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

必ひっ死し

hisshi

desperate, frantic

Common patterns are 必死に and 必死になる. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その奴隷どれいは必死ひっしに逃にげた。

    The slave ran for his life.

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  2. ジェフとミアは何なんとか離婚りこんだけは避さけようと必死ひっしになっている。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは必死ひっしに逃にげた。

    He ran for his life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 必死

  • 必invariably; certainOnヒツKunかならず
  • 死death; dieOnシKunしぬ・しに-

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