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
- —作業要員work force
- —不要会社commutative justice; justitia commutativa
- —要害堅固(a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable
- —至上要求overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
- —重要案件important matter (for discussion)
- —必要次第as necessary (needed); if necessary (needed)
- —不要不急nonessential and nonurgent; unnecessary
- —要点把握grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter)
- —保線要員railway (railroad) maintenance personnel
- —要介護度nursing care level (between 1 and 5 based on assessment of care requirements)
- —重要書類important documents; important papers
- —需要拡大increase in (expansion of) demand
- —主要業務primary business; primary function; primary focus
- —生産要素factor of production
- —要素費用factor cost
- —要素価格factor price
- —最終需要final demand
- —派生需要derived demand
- —構成要件structural elements (of an offence); constituent external element of a crime; actus reus
- —必要書類necessary documents; required documents