No. 4,591 in Japanese
必ずしも
Not necessarily.
In a sentence
このクラスで高得点を取るには、必ずしも天才である必要はありません。
To achieve high scores in this class, it is not necessarily required to be a genius.
必ずしも is used to express that something does not have to be the case—here it negates the necessity of being a genius.
健康的な食事をすることは必ずしも簡単ではありません。
Eating a healthy diet is not necessarily easy.
必ずしも is used to indicate that eating healthfully might not be inherently easy.
彼の話は必ずしも事実ではないかもしれません。
His story might not necessarily be true.
必ずしも is utilized to imply that the truthfulness of his story is not guaranteed or absolute.
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