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    3. 重要

    重要

    重じゅう要よう

    important

    N3KMT1News #1+1CoreAdjectiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    じゅうよう

    Adjective

    1.
    important, essential, significant, major, key, principal

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    これはとても重じゅう要ような情じょう報ほうです。

    This is very important information.

    KMT1Core ConceptsDaily Life
    健けん康こうは私わたしたちにとって最もっとも重じゅう要ようです。

    Health is most important to us.

    KMT1Core ConceptsMedicine & Health
    時じ間かんを守まもることは、社しゃ会かい生せい活かつにおいて非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようです。

    Keeping time is very important in social life.

    KMT3Core ConceptsDaily Life
    歴れき史しを学まなぶことは、過か去こを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    Learning history is important for understanding the past.

    KMT3EducationHistory
    その会かい議ぎで決けっ定ていされた事じ項こうは、会かい社しゃの将しょう来らいにとって極きわめて重じゅう要ようです。

    The matters decided at that meeting are extremely important for the company's future.

    KMT4Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    重
    え・おも.い・おも.り・おも.なう・かさ.ねる・かさ.なる…(6)
    heavy・important・esteem・respect・heap up…(3)
    要
    い.る・かなめ…(2)
    need・main point・essence・pivot・key to
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