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要点

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

要点 — “main point, gist”

要点 (read ようてん) means main point, gist. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ようてん

Meaning

main point, gist

要点 in a sentence

話はなしの要点ようてんをまとめる。

To summarize the main points of the talk.

The kanji in 要点

要necessary; main point
点point; dot; score

Words that share a kanji with 要点

要るいる— to need
必要ひつよう— necessary, needed
重要じゅうよう— important, essential
主要しゅよう— main, principal, major
需要じゅよう— demand
要求ようきゅう— demand, request
要するにようするに— in short, in a word
要素ようそ— element, factor

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