• 要かなめ

  pivot

• 要約ようやく

  summary, digest

• 要点ようてん

  gist, main point

• 要人ようじん

  important person

• 要望ようぼう

  demand for, request

• 要因よういん

  main cause, primary factor

• 要員よういん

  (necessary) personnel, required person

• 要るいる

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

• 要職ようしょく

  important post, important office, key position

• 要衝ようしょう

  important point, strategic position, key point

• 要求ようきゅう

  demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire

• 要項ようこう

  important points, main points, gist, list of requirements

• 要綱ようこう

  main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline

• 要はようは

  in short, the point is, the important thing is, in a word, basically

• 要所ようしょ

  important position, strategic point

• 要請ようせい

  appeal, call for something, request, claim, demand

• 要領ようりょう

  point, gist, essentials, tenets, outline

• 要旨ようし

  (main) point, gist, key points, essentials, substance, summary, outline, abstract

• 要件ようけん

  important matter

• 要素ようそ

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

• 主要しゅよう

  chief, main, principal, major

• 肝要かんよう

  extremely important, essential, vital, crucial

• 所要しょよう

  required, needed, necessary

• 必要ひつよう

  necessary, needed, essential, indispensable

• 重要じゅうよう

  important, essential, significant, major, key, principal

• 強要きょうよう

  coercion, extortion, compulsion, force

• 需要じゅよう

  demand, request

• 不要ふよう

  unnecessary, unneeded

• 概要がいよう

  outline, summary, overview, synopsis, abstract, abridgment, abridgement

• 法要ほうよう

  Buddhist memorial service

• 要するようする

  to need, to demand, to take, to require

• 要注意ようちゅうい

  need for caution, need for care, requiring special attention

• 重要性じゅうようせい

  importance, gravity

• 重要視じゅうようし

  regarding highly, attaching importance to

• 不必要ふひつよう

  unnecessary, needless

• 必要性ひつようせい

  necessity

• 要するにようするに

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

• 身代金要求みのしろきんようきゅう

  ransom demand

• 重要文化財じゅうようぶんかざい

  important cultural property, important cultural asset

• 学習指導要領がくしゅうしどうようりょう

  government course (curriculum) guidelines

• 要よう

  main point, essential point, important thing

• 要義ようぎ

  essence

• 要償ようしょう

  claim

• 要式ようしき

  formal

• 要解ようかい

  outlining

• 要りいり

  expenses, expenditure

• 要港ようこう

  important port

• 要訣ようけつ

  main point

• 要石かなめいし

  keystone

• 要具ようぐ

  necessary tools