JLPT N3 · な-adjective

重要 (juuyou)

重要 (じゅうよう, juuyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “important; essential”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
じゅうよう
Romaji
juuyou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. important; essential; significant; major; key · な-adjective

Example sentences

その結び目を守るのは重要なことだ。
Maintaining that tie is important.

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

Conjugation of 重要

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)重要だじゅうようだ juuyouda
Present (polite)重要ですじゅうようです juuyoudesu
Negative重要じゃないじゅうようじゃない juuyoujanai
Past重要だったじゅうようだった juuyoudatta
Negative past重要じゃなかったじゅうようじゃなかった juuyoujanakatta
Te-form重要でじゅうようで juuyoude
Before a noun重要なじゅうような juuyouna
Adverb (~ni)重要にじゅうように juuyouni

Kanji in 重要

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 重要.

Source: JMdict entry 1336820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.