要 kanji — Need, Main Point, Essence | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

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要 kanji — Need, Main Point, Essence | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

要

Need, Main Point, Essence, Pivot, Key To

9 strokes

N3

On readings 音読み

よう

Kun readings 訓読み

い.る、かなめ

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Words using 要

要るいるto needN5 必要ひつようnecessaryN4 需要じゅようdemandN3 重要じゅうようimportantN3 要するにようするにin a wordN3 要点ようてんgistN3 要求ようきゅうrequestN3 主要しゅようchiefN3 要素ようそelementN3 要領ようりょうgistN2 要旨ようしgistN2 要因よういんprimary factorN1

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