Word Meaning 断然

だんぜん danzen

断然 is read as だんぜん (danzen) and means definitely (wrong, different, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. definitely (wrong, different, etc.)
  2. absolutely
  3. by far
  4. far and away
  5. by a long shot
  6. hands down
  7. firmly
  8. flatly

Reading

Kana

だんぜん

Romaji

danzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 5463 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

断念

だんねん

abandoning (hope, plans)

断る

ことわる

to ask leave

断定

だんてい

affirmative

断水

だんすい

suspension of water supply

断じて

だんじて

absolutely

断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断言

だんげん

assertion

だん

decision

断続

だんぞく

intermittence

断行

だんこう

decisive action

断らず

ことわらず

without permission

Example Sentences

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I'm definitely in the soy milk group.

This one is definitely better.

The cost of life increased drastically.

This one is much better.

I'm a Windows person.

This definitely tastes better than what we ate yesterday.

The new designs are much better than the old ones.

Between ice cream and shaved ice I definitely prefer ice cream.

Of all the houses we've looked at, this one is by far the best.

Tom can understand French a lot better than Mary can.