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    3. 必須

    必須

    必ひっ須す

    indispensable

    KMT8News #20+1CoreNoun, Particle, AdjectiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ひっすひっしゅひっすう

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    indispensable, essential, requisite, required, compulsory, necessary

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    パスポートは海かい外がい旅りょ行こうに必ひっ須すです。

    A passport is essential for overseas travel.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    このプロジェクトの成せい功こうには、チームワークが必ひっ須すだ。

    Teamwork is essential for the success of this project.

    KMT8Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    健けん康こう的てきな生せい活かつを送おくるためには、バランスの取とれた食しょく事じが必ひっ須すです。

    A balanced diet is essential for leading a healthy life.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthFood & Dining
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいて、情じょう報ほうリテラシーは必ひっ須すのスキルとなっている。

    In modern society, information literacy has become an indispensable skill.

    KMT9TechnologyEducation
    この資し格かくは、その職しょく種しゅに就つくための必ひっ須す条じょう件けんです。

    This qualification is a prerequisite for taking that type of job.

    KMT9Work & CareerEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    必
    かなら.ず…(1)
    invariably・certain・inevitable
    須
    すべから.く・すべし・ひげ・まつ・もち.いる・もと.める…(4)
    ought・by all means・necessarily
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