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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ぜひとも

N2
zehitomo
  1. by all means (with sense of not taking no for an answer)
adverb

Also written 是非とも

Chinese meanings

务必;一定

Examples

  • 私わたしは是ぜ非ひともその計けい画かくを実じっ行こうしたい。
    I want to execute the plan by all means.
    我无论如何都想实行那个计划。
  • 君きみは、是ぜ非ひともその本ほんを読よむべきだ。
    You should by all means read the book.
    你一定应该读那本书。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('44ac40ea81'); // ぜひとも
{
  "id": "44ac40ea81",
  "word": "ぜひとも",
  "reading": "ぜひとも",
  "romaji": "zehitomo",
  "meanings": [
    "by all means (with sense of not taking no for an answer)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1610700,
  "other_forms": [
    "是非とも"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は是非ともその計画を実行したい。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{是非|ぜひ}ともその{計画|けいかく}を{実行|じっこう}したい。",
      "en": "I want to execute the plan by all means.",
      "tatoeba_id": 155583
    },
    {
      "ja": "君は、是非ともその本を読むべきだ。",
      "furigana": "{君|きみ}は、{是非|ぜひ}ともその{本|ほん}を{読|よ}むべきだ。",
      "en": "You should by all means read the book.",
      "tatoeba_id": 177980
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2a7486c921ef84ea30485c40d5951d26883cd9ffec19724216f24949d22cde21",
    "meanings": [
      "务必",
      "一定"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は是非ともその計画を実行したい。",
        "zh": "我无论如何都想实行那个计划。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "君は、是非ともその本を読むべきだ。",
        "zh": "你一定应该读那本书。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/44ac40ea81",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1610700; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "fe2b296a9c96a95b7a204616d2d43f1863d8b323f94e9028fdafca52f2848a15"
  }
}