Kanji1 / 9
要 kanji
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
いるかなめ
Words with 要
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —重要産業key industry
- —絶対必要absolutely necessary
- —必要なしnot required
- —必要条件necessary condition; requirement
- —不得要領vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point
- —保安要員mine guards (during a strike)
- —要求送信send a request
- —指導要領government-approved curriculums; (educational) guidelines
- —有効需要effective demand
- —国内需要domestic demand
- —概算要求request for budgetary appropriations
- —所要時間time required; time taken; necessary time
- —要所要所(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
- —主要諸元salient points
- —重要事項important matter; matters of weight
- —重要人物important person; strategic person; key figure
- —偵察要員player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known
- —電力需要demand for (electric) power
- —必要経費necessary expenses; due charges; tax deductible expenses
- —要を得るto be to the point