必要 (hitsuyou)
必要 (ひつよう, hitsuyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “necessary; needed”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひつよう
- Romaji
- hitsuyou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- necessary; needed; essential; indispensable · な-adjective · 必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed
- necessity; need; requirement · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 必要
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 必要だ | ひつようだ hitsuyouda |
| Present (polite) | 必要です | ひつようです hitsuyoudesu |
| Negative | 必要じゃない | ひつようじゃない hitsuyoujanai |
| Past | 必要だった | ひつようだった hitsuyoudatta |
| Negative past | 必要じゃなかった | ひつようじゃなかった hitsuyoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 必要で | ひつようで hitsuyoude |
| Before a noun | 必要な | ひつような hitsuyouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 必要に | ひつように hitsuyouni |
Kanji in 必要
必
invariably, certain, inevitableヒツ・かなら.ず · 5 strokes要
need, main point, essenceヨウ・い.る・かなめ · 9 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 必要.
必ずかならずalways必死ひっしfrantic必ずしもかならずしも(not) always必需品ひつじゅひんnecessities必修ひっしゅうrequired (subject)必然ひつぜんinevitable要るいるto be needed重要じゅうようimportant主要しゅようchief需要じゅようdemand要求ようきゅうdemand要素ようそelement要点ようてんgist要するにようするにin short
Source: JMdict entry 1487660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.