JLPT N5 · Verb

要る (iru)

要る (いる, iru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be needed; to be necessary”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いる
Romaji
iru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

今のところお金はいらない。
I don't need money at present.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 要る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary要るいる iru
Polite (~masu)要りますいります irimasu
Negative要らないいらない iranai
Polite negative要りませんいりません irimasen
Past要ったいった itta
Polite past要りましたいりました irimashita
Negative past要らなかったいらなかった iranakatta
Te-form要っていって itte
Potential要れるいれる ireru
Passive要られるいられる irareru
Causative要らせるいらせる iraseru
Volitional要ろういろう irou
Imperative要れいれ ire
Conditional (~ba)要ればいれば ireba

Kanji in 要る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 要る.

Source: JMdict entry 1546640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.