要

need

Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingヨウ

Kun readingい.る、かなめ

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 4

Meanings

needRtK
彼は必要以上もお金を持っている。He has more money than is needed.tatoeba
essence
key to
main point
pivot

vital point
cornerstone
keystone
japanese photinia

Synonyms

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical襾cover

Components

How it's built

要

Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1730

Compound words

要るいる

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need

必要ひつよう

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity

主要しゅよう

chief; main; principal; major

需要じゅよう

demand; need; demand

重要じゅうよう

important; essential; significant; major; key

要するようする

to need; to demand; to take; to require

要求するようきゅうする

to demand

概要がいよう

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract

肝要かんよう

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

強要きょうよう

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

要員よういん

(necessary) personnel; required person

要因よういん

main cause; primary factor

要求ようきゅう

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

要件ようけん

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition; sine qua non

要綱ようこう

main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

要項ようこう

important points; main points; gist; list of requirements

要旨ようし

(main) point; gist; key points; essentials; substance

要請ようせい

appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand

要素ようそ

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline

不要ふよう

unnecessary; unneeded

要約ようやく

summary; digest

On Reading Examples

食物は生きるために必要だ。ひつよう

Food is essential to life.tatoeba

事態は急を要するので一刻も待てないと彼は言った。ようする

He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.tatoeba

教育は生活において最も必要不可欠な要素の一つ。ようそ

Education is one of the most essential aspects of life.tatoeba

測定には寸分の狂いもない精度が要求される。ようきゅう

Flawless precision is required in the measurements.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は必要以上の金を私に求めた。

He asked me for more money than was necessary.tatoeba

彼は「必要は発明の母」と言った。

He said that necessity is the mother of invention.tatoeba

彼は必要な数学の公式を完全にマスターしていた。

He had complete mastery over the necessary mathematics formula.tatoeba

糠層も消化良く炊くには、低地でも圧力釜が要る。

A pressure cooker is required even at low elevations in order to cook rice with bran layers to be digestible.wiki

よって維新の精神を貫徹することにするが、それには30年の時期が要る。

"Therefore I plan to carry out the spirit of the Meiji Restoration, but it will require a period of 30 years.wiki

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