| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 必要 | ひつよう |
Pronunciation: hitsuyou
How to Say It Outloud: hi-tsu-yo-u
Usage: A noun or な-adjective meaning 'need', 'necessity', or 'essential'. It can describe something that is required or necessary.
Example Sentence Japanese:
水は生活に必要です。
水は生活に必要です。Example Sentence English:Water is necessary for life.
Water is necessary for life.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 要る | いる |
Pronunciation: iru
How to Say It Outloud: i-ru
Usage: A verb meaning 'to need' or 'to be necessary'. Often used in the informal context.
Example Sentence Japanese:私はお金が要ります。
私はお金が要ります。Example Sentence English:I need money.
I need money.| Hiragana |
|---|
| いる |
Pronunciation: iru
How to Say It Outloud: i-ru
Usage: Another form of the verb 'to need' or 'to be necessary'. Commonly used in spoken Japanese.
Example Sentence Japanese:何かいる？
何かいる？Example Sentence English:Do you need something?
Do you need something?Dictionary
貧困ひんこんCommon wordjlpt-n1
NounNa-adjective (keiyodoshi)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- poverty; penury; need; destitution
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- shortage; lack; want
- Poverty
必要ひつようCommon wordjlpt-n4
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)- necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
- necessity; need; requirement
入り用いりよう
NounNa-adjective (keiyodoshi)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- need; want; necessity
- costs; expenses
入用にゅうよう
NounNa-adjective (keiyodoshi)
- need; want; necessity; requirement
- expenses; cost
困窮こんきゅう
NounSuru verb
Intransitive verb
- poverty; need; destitution
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
- having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
要するようするCommon wordjlpt-n1
Suru verb - special classTransitive verb
- to need; to demand; to take; to require
要るいるCommon wordjlpt-n5
Godan verb with 'ru' endingIntransitive verb
- to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
待つまつCommon wordjlpt-n5
Godan verb with 'tsu' endingTransitive verb
Intransitive verb
- to wait
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
- to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
- to depend on; to need
欲しいほしいCommon wordjlpt-n5
I-adjective (keiyoushi)- wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for
Auxiliary adjective
- I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
御用ごよう
Noun- (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need
- (customer's) order
- official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
- arrest; capture
- subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government
要注意ようちゅういCommon word
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
敢えてあえてCommon wordjlpt-n1
Adverb (fukushi)- purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally
- not necessarily; not particularly; not especially
- definitely not
貧ひん
Noun- poverty; penury; want; need
- insufficiency; shortage; deficiency
言うまでもないいうまでもないCommon word
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)I-adjective (keiyoushi)
- goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
ニードニード
Noun- need
急務きゅうむCommon word
Noun- urgent business; pressing need; imperative
必要とするひつようとする
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Transitive verb
Suru verb - included
- to need; to call for; to require
所用しょよう
Noun- engagement; business; affair
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- use; need
目めCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- eye; eyeball
- eyesight; sight; vision
- look; stare; gaze; glance
- notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
- an experience
- viewpoint
- discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
- (an) appearance
- chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
- spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
- grain (of wood, paper)
- eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
- intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
- dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
- graduation; division (of a scale)
- tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
- ordinal number suffix
- somewhat; -ish
- point (e.g. of change)
- Eye
葉はCommon wordjlpt-n4
Noun- leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
- Leaf
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