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必要 ひつよう N4

  1. essential; indispensable; necessary; needed
  2. necessity; need; requirement

必要性 ひつようせい

  1. necessity; need

必要とする ひつようとする

  1. to call for; to need; to require

必要と認める ひつようとみとめる

  1. to judge as necessary

必要ない ひつようない

  1. not necessary; not needed; unnecessary

必要なし ひつようなし

  1. not required

必要ならば ひつようならば

  1. if necessary

必要に応じて ひつようにおうじて

  1. as necessary; as occasion demands; as the need arises; if necessary; where appropriate

必要は発明の母 ひつようははつめいのはは

  1. necessity is the mother of invention

必要メモリ ひつようメモリ

  1. required memory size
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