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要 かなめ

  1. pivot
  2. cornerstone; keystone; vital point
  3. Japanese photinia

要 よう

  1. essential point; important thing; main point
  2. necessity; need; requirement

要る いる N5

  1. to be necessary; to be needed; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

要するに ようするに N3

  1. after all; in a word; in short; to make a long story short; to put it simply; to sum up

要求 ようきゅう N3

  1. demand; desire; firm request; requirement; requisition

要点 ようてん N3

  1. gist; main point

要素 ようそ N3

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

要旨 ようし N2

  1. (main) point; abstract; essentials; gist; key points; outline; substance; summary

要領 ようりょう N2

  1. essentials; gist; outline; point; tenets
  2. knack; the ropes; trick

要する ようする N1

  1. to demand; to need; to require; to take
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