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必 要

Common word

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    necessary, needed, essential, indispensable
    必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed

    • 私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。
      We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    necessity, need, requirement

    • 歯医者に行く必要はないですよ。
      You don't need to go to the dentist's.