"必ずしも" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

Forms: 必ずしも [canonical] (ruby: (かなら)), kanarazushimo [romanization]
Etymology: Negative of 必ず (kanarazu, “without fail”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|かならずしも}} 必(かなら)ずしも • (kanarazushimo)
  1. not always, not all

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  "etymology_text": "Negative of 必ず (kanarazu, “without fail”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "必ずしも",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "必",
          "かなら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanarazushimo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "かならずしも"
      },
      "expansion": "必(かなら)ずしも • (kanarazushimo)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For this reason, apprentices do not have to be inferior to their masters; masters do not have to be more virtuous than their apprentices.",
          "ref": "c. 800, Han Yu, On Teaching(師說)",
          "roman": "Kono yue ni teishi wa kanarazushimo shi ni shikazunba arazu, shi wa kanarazushimo teishi yori ken narazu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "是",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "故",
              "ゆえ"
            ],
            [
              "弟",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "師",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "師",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "弟",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "賢",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "是の故に弟子は必ずしも師に如かずんばあらず、師は必ずしも弟子より賢ならず。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not always, not all"
      ],
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        [
          "not",
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        [
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        [
          "all",
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  "word": "必ずしも"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Negative of 必ず (kanarazu, “without fail”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "必ずしも",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "必",
          "かなら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanarazushimo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "かならずしも"
      },
      "expansion": "必(かなら)ずしも • (kanarazushimo)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For this reason, apprentices do not have to be inferior to their masters; masters do not have to be more virtuous than their apprentices.",
          "ref": "c. 800, Han Yu, On Teaching(師說)",
          "roman": "Kono yue ni teishi wa kanarazushimo shi ni shikazunba arazu, shi wa kanarazushimo teishi yori ken narazu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "是",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "故",
              "ゆえ"
            ],
            [
              "弟",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "師",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "如",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "師",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "弟",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "賢",
              "けん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "是の故に弟子は必ずしも師に如かずんばあらず、師は必ずしも弟子より賢ならず。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not always, not all"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
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          "all",
          "all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "必ずしも"
}
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