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重要

JLPT N4 · N3 · Vocabulary

重要 — “important, essential”

重要 (read じゅうよう) means important, essential. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N3 vocabulary list and is a な-adjective.

Reading

じゅうよう

Meaning

important, essential

重要 in a sentence

これは重要じゅうような問題もんだいです।

This is an important problem.

The kanji in 重要

重heavy; important
要necessary; main point

Words that share a kanji with 重要

重いおもい— heavy; serious
貴重きちょう— precious, valuable
慎重しんちょう— careful, cautious, prudent
重視じゅうし— importance, emphasis, valuing
重大じゅうだい— serious, grave, important
尊重そんちょう— respect, esteem, valuing
重力じゅうりょく— gravity, gravitational force
重なるかさなる— to be piled up, to overlap, to coincide

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