"要" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: Fourth grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. need, necessity Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-要-ja-character-pMk6CIFD Categories (other): Japanese fourth grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese fourth grade kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 48 52
  2. essential Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-要-ja-character-pVdRzs0R Categories (other): Japanese fourth grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese fourth grade kanji: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 肝要 (kan'yō) (ruby: (かん), (よう)) (english: critical; vital), 概要 (gaiyō) (ruby: (がい), (よう)), 強要 (kyōyō) (ruby: (きょう), (よう)), 主要 (shuyō) (ruby: (しゅ), (よう)), 所要 (shoyō) (ruby: (しょ), (よう)), 重要 (jūyō) (ruby: (じゅう), (よう)), 需要 (juyō) (ruby: (じゅ), (よう)), 不要 (fuyō) (ruby: (), (よう)), 法要 (hōyō) (ruby: (ほう), (よう)) (english: wake; memorial service), 要員 (yōin) (ruby: (よう), (いん)), 要因 (yōin) (ruby: (よう), (いん)), 要求 (yōkyū) (ruby: (よう), (きゅう)), 要件 (yōken) (ruby: (よう), (けん)), 要綱 (yōkō) (ruby: (よう), (こう)) (english: gist; general idea), 要項 (yōkō) (ruby: (よう), (こう)) (english: main points), 要塞 (yōsai) (ruby: (よう), (さい)), 要旨 (yōshi) (ruby: (よう), ()), 要所 (yōsho) (ruby: (よう), (しょ)) (english: important position), 要衝 (yōshō) (ruby: (よう), (しょう)), 要職 (yōshoku) (ruby: (よう), (しょく)), 要人 (yōjin) (ruby: (よう), (じん)), 要請 (yōsei) (ruby: (よう), (せい)), 要素 (yōso) (ruby: (よう), ()), 要注意 (yōchūi) (ruby: (よう), (ちゅう), ()) (english: special care required), 要点 (yōten) (ruby: (よう), (てん)), 要望 (yōbō) (ruby: (よう), (ぼう)), 要約 (yōyaku) (ruby: (よう), (やく)), 要領 (yōryō) (ruby: (よう), (りょう)) Derived forms (必要 (hitsuyō)): 不必要 (fuhitsuyō) (ruby: (), (ひつ), (よう)) Disambiguation of '必要 (hitsuyō)': 0 0

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠na̠me̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かなめ)), Kaname [romanization]
Etymology: /kani no me/ → /kanome/ → /kaname/ A shift from older 蟹の目 (kani no me, “crab's eye”) from a superficial resemblance of the round pinhead of a folding fan to a crab's eye, influenced by a reanalysis of the term as 金目 (kaname, literally “metal” + visually prominent feature), as the pins were increasingly made from metal instead of earlier bamboo, wood, or whalebone. First cited to 1220. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かなめ}} 要(かなめ) • (Kaname)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits
    Sense id: en-要-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 5 6 25 1 3 5 4 4 19 16 6 5 2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 23 0 2 6 5 3 18 21 7 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 3 21 1 3 5 4 4 16 21 7 9 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 3 21 1 2 5 4 4 17 21 7 8 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 17 17 26 1 2 2 2 2 8 18 2 2 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 9 18 1 2 4 3 4 14 20 6 7 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [jo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (よう)), [romanization], eu [romanization], えう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 要 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH). First cited to 611 CE. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|要}} 要 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|よう|hist=えう}} 要(よう) • (yō) ^(←えう (eu)?)
  1. key, important point
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-ogDKqMlJ
  2. essential piece of something, requirement
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-T3H-B2J~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠na̠me̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かなめ)), kaname [romanization]
Etymology: /kani no me/ → /kanome/ → /kaname/ A shift from older 蟹の目 (kani no me, “crab's eye”) from a superficial resemblance of the round pinhead of a folding fan to a crab's eye, influenced by a reanalysis of the term as 金目 (kaname, literally “metal” + visually prominent feature), as the pins were increasingly made from metal instead of earlier bamboo, wood, or whalebone. First cited to 1220. Head templates: {{ja-noun|かなめ}} 要(かなめ) • (kaname)
  1. a pin or rivet holding the spines of a folding fan together Synonyms: , 蟹の目
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-fDVgmi8a
  2. (by extension) a pivot, cornerstone, keystone Tags: broadly Synonyms: 要石 (english: [[cornerstone]], [[keystone]])
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-3EXZ2rR6
  3. a pin, often decorated, holding the handle to the tang of a katana Synonyms: 目貫
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-ZyeCCuYl
  4. Short for 要黐 (kaname mochi): a tree, Japanese photinia (Photinia glabra) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 要黐 (extra: (kaname mochi): a tree, Japanese photinia (Photinia glabra)) Synonyms: カナメモチ, 要黐 (english: kanji spelling seems to be less common)
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-7P1YfuQ5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 5 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 4 1 2 1 11 1 1 4 2 2 16 12 4 3 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 23 0 2 6 5 3 18 21 7 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 3 21 1 3 5 4 4 16 21 7 9 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 3 21 1 2 5 4 4 17 21 7 8 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 9 18 1 2 4 3 4 14 20 6 7 6
  5. (architecture) in a certain kind of traditional Japanese hip roof where the rafters splay out like the spines of a fan, the central point to which the rafter lines converge Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-DcW4kd5- Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 23 0 2 6 5 3 18 21 7 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 3 21 1 3 5 4 4 16 21 7 9 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 3 21 1 2 5 4 4 17 21 7 8 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 3 3 18 1 2 4 4 7 19 28 5 4 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 9 18 1 2 4 3 4 14 20 6 7 6 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ka̠no̞me̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かのめ)), kanome [romanization]
Etymology: /kani no me/ → /kanome/ A shift from older 蟹の目 (kani no me, “crab's eye”) from a superficial resemblance of the round pinhead of a folding fan to a crab's eye, influenced by a reanalysis of the term as 金目 (kaname, literally “metal” + visually prominent feature), as the pins were increasingly made from metal instead of earlier bamboo, wood, or whalebone. First cited to roughly 1140. This reading may be obsolete, and it is not included in some dictionaries. Head templates: {{ja-noun|かのめ}} 要(かのめ) • (kanome)
  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) the pin or rivet holding the spines of a folding fan together Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-~gOrzZ6T Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [nɯ̟ma̠], [nɯ̟mʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ぬま)), [canonical] (ruby: (ぬみ)), numa [romanization], numi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown. First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, listed with both readings numa and numi. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ぬま}} Old Japanese, {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=ぬま}} unknown, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぬま|ぬみ}} 要(ぬま) or 要(ぬみ) • (numa or numi)
  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) fortress, redoubt Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-9QAPlwv5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) important point, key Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-要-ja-noun-TfH1excT Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "critical; vital",
      "roman": "kan'yō",
      "ruby": [
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          "肝",
          "かん"
        ],
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          "要",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "肝要"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "がい"
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          "よう"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "よう"
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          "しょ"
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          "よう"
        ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "じゅう"
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          "要",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "需",
          "じゅ"
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          "要",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "需要"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "不",
          "ふ"
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    {
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          "要",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
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          "要",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "要",
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          "求",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "要",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "yōkō",
      "ruby": [
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          "要",
          "よう"
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        [
          "綱",
          "こう"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "項",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
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        [
          "塞",
          "さい"
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      ],
      "word": "要塞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
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        [
          "旨",
          "し"
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      "word": "要旨"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
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        [
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      "word": "要所"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōshō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
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        ],
        [
          "衝",
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      ],
      "word": "要衝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōshoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "職",
          "しょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要職"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōjin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
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      ],
      "word": "要人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "請",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要請"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōso",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "素",
          "そ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要素"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "special care required",
      "roman": "yōchūi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "注",
          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "意",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要注意"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōten",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
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          "点",
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      ],
      "word": "要点"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        [
          "要",
          "よう"
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          "望",
          "ぼう"
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      "word": "要望"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "約",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōryō",
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        [
          "要",
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    },
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          "必",
          "ひつ"
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        [
          "要",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "必要 (hitsuyō)",
      "word": "不必要"
    }
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    {
      "form": "Fourth grade kyōiku kanji",
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Kyūjitai",
    "Shinjitai",
    "Tōkyō"
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}

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        "(archaic, possibly obsolete) fortress, redoubt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "important point, key"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, possibly obsolete) important point, key"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɯ̟ma̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɯ̟mʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kyūjitai",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki",
    "Shinjitai",
    "Tōkyō"
  ],
  "word": "要"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 要 meaning in Japanese (16.8kB)

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}

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  "path": [
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  "title": "要",
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}

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  "title": "要",
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}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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