Meaning of 不要 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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不要
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Kana Readingふよう
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Romajifuyō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- unnecessary; unneeded
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Example Sentences
不要, ふよう used in context
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They discarded unnecessary things.
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Clean out the shed and throw away things you don't need.
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There's no membership fee for joining.
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There's no membership fee for joining.
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The cheap prices tempted me to buy things I didn't need.
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その講演者はとてもゆうめいだったので紹介は不要なほどだった。
The speaker was so well known as to need no introduction.
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