Word Meaning 毅然

きぜん kizen

毅然 is read as きぜん (kizen) and means resolute.

Meaning

English

  1. resolute
  2. firm
  3. dauntless
  4. undaunted

Reading

Kana

きぜん

Romaji

kizen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 132491 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

毅然として

きぜんとして

with resolution

寂然

せきぜん

forlornness

漠然

ばくぜん

vague

敢然

かんぜん

boldly

騒然

そうぜん

noisy

整然

せいぜん

orderly

厳然

げんぜん

grave

泰然

たいぜん

calm

一目瞭然

いちもくりょうぜん

obvious

理路整然

りろせいぜん

logical

瞭然

りょうぜん

obvious

無為自然

むいしぜん

abandoning artifice and just being oneself

Example Sentences

3

If you are not firm with the children, they will get out of hand.

The image of the Japanese people remaining calm and composed even in the face of such a natural disaster left a deep impression on all people on earth.

Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.