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[しゅ()·よう()]
shuyou
na adjective, noun

English Meaning(s) for 主要

na adjective, noun
  1. chief; main; principal; major

Definition and Synonyms for 主要

Flagship the chief one of a related group
Synonyms: 主要, 旗艦
Proto indicating the first or earliest or original
Synonyms: 主要
Essential basic and fundamental
Synonyms: 不可欠, 主要, 入用, 入り用, 切要, 基本的, 必要, 必須, 本質的, 枢要, 根本的, 第一, 肝心, 肝要, 重大, 重要, 須要
Staple necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
Synonyms: 主要
Important of great significance or value
Synonyms: 主要, 大事, 大事, 大切, 大切り, 肝心, 要用, 重い, 重要
Primal serving as an essential component
Synonyms: ファンダメンタル, 中心的, 主要, 基本的, 基礎的, 本質的, 枢要, 根本的, 第一義的
Major of greater importance or stature or rank
Synonyms: 主要, 重大
Major of greater seriousness or danger
Synonyms: 主要
Important important in effect or meaning
Synonyms: おっきい, 主立つ, 主立った, 主要, 大事, 大事, 大切, 大切り, 意味ありげ, 意味深, 意味深い, 意味深長, 意義深い, 有意的, 有意義, 枢要, 肝心, 要用, 重い, 重たい, 重大, 重要
Large fairly large or important in effect
Synonyms: おっきい, 主要, 大きい, 大事, 大事, 重要
Independent (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Synonyms: 主要
Large influential
Synonyms: おっきい, 主要, 大きい, 大事, 大事, 重要

Meanings for each kanji in 主要

» lord; chief; master; main thing; principal
» need; main point; essence; pivot; key to

Categories 主要 is a member of

Thing an artifact
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 主要

Sample Sentences for 主要

My shop is on the main street of the town.
The atmosphere forms a major part of the environment to which life responds.
When it is seen to have risen too far, the central banks of major countries cooperate to intervene.
Swimming will be the main event of the next Olympics.
There are four major parts to the atmospheric problem: observation, understanding, prediction, and control.

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