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02-26-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
Hi, I would like to know what exactly does ぜひ mean? And how is the usage like?
Here are 185 examples using ぜひ: “ぜひ”の検索結果(185 件):英辞郎 on the WEB:スペースアルク

If you're at all familiar with Chinese, the kanji way of writing it (not used in Japanese) is 是非. The first means "to be" and the second means "not." It doesn't make any sense to me, and it might even be 当て字. But I remember that I knew both from Chinese, and I was searching my Japanese dictionary for new words to learn comprised entirely of Chinese kanji I already knew, and I learned about 是非!
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