必要

Meanings

1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
2. necessity; need; requirement

Part of speech: na-adjective, noun

Kanji

• 必

  Meanings

  invariably, certain, inevitable

  On reading

  ヒツ

  Kun reading

  かなら.ず

  Strokes

  5

• 要

  Meanings

  need, main point, essence, pivot

  On reading

  ヨウ

  Kun reading

  い.る、かなめ

  Strokes

  9

Example sentences

• 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.

  Tatoeba #165556 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 歯医者に行く必要はないですよ。

  You don't need to go to the dentist's.

  Tatoeba #150948 · CC BY 2.0 FR