必要(ひつよう), 必用(ひつよう), ひつよう

hitsuyō

JLPT 4

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • necessity; need; requirement

用(よう), よう

yō

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun, used as a suffix
  • task; business
  • use; duty; service
  • call of nature; excretion

用意(ようい), ようい

yōi

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

用事(ようじ), ようじ

yōji

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

費用(ひよう), ひよう

hiyō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cost; expense

適用(てきよう), てきよう

tekiyō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

活用(かつよう), かつよう

katsuyō

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • practical use; application
linguistics terminology
  • conjugation; declension; inflection

用(もち)いる, もちいる

mochiiru

JLPT 3

Ichidan verb transitive verb
  • to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

用心(ようじん), 要心(ようじん), ようじん

yōjin

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • care; precaution; guarding; caution

実用(じつよう), じつよう

jitsuyō

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • practical use; utility

応用(おうよう), おうよう

ōyō

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • application; put to practical use

用語(ようご), ようご

yōgo

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • term; terminology
  • wording; choice of words; phraseology

用途(ようと), ようと

yōto

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose

採用(さいよう), さいよう

saiyō

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • use; adoption; acceptance
  • appointment; employment; engagement

運用(うんよう), うんよう

un'yō

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • making use of; application; practical use; investment
  • operation

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