need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

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Common Words

必要必用つようFreq #195
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); 必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable

Examples
私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。
We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.
2

Common noun

necessity; need; requirement

Examples
歯医者に行く必要はないですよ。
You don't need to go to the dentist's.
要るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #701
1

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

Examples
今のところお金はいらない
I don't need money at present.
重要ゅうよう~な Adj.Freq #1112
1

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

Examples
その結び目を守るのは重要なことだ。
Maintaining that tie is important.
要求うきゅうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #2116
1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

Examples
私は彼に損害賠償を要求した。
I claimed damages against him.
必要ない必要無いひつようない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #2286
1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

Examples
彼にはそんな扱いは必要ない
He doesn't need such treatment.
要素うそNounFreq #2733
1

component; factor; item (e.g. in list)

Examples
教育は重大な要素である。
Education is a critical element.
2

Computing

element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

必要とするひつようとするExpressionTransitiveする VerbFreq #2757
1

to need; to call for; to require

Examples
とりわけ子供たちは愛情を必要とする
Above all, children need love.
要するにうするにAdverbExpressionFreq #3554
1

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

Examples
彼女は要するにおしゃべりなんだ。
She is, in brief, a chatterbox.
要請うせいNounFreq #4733
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand

Examples
彼は私の要請については何も言わなかった。
He said nothing as to my request.
2

axiom

不要ようNoun~な Adj.~の Adj.Freq #4758
1

unnecessary; unneeded

Examples
彼らは不用の物は捨てた。
They discarded unnecessary things.

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