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要る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

need; be necessary; be required

usually written using kana alone

Intransitive verb expressing that something is needed or wanted. Often used with が to mark the needed item.

〈物もの〉が要いるsomething is needed
この仕し事ごとにはパソコンが要いる。
You need a computer for this job.
〈事こと〉には〈物もの〉が要いるsomething is required for a given task or situation
引ひっ越こしにはお金かねが要いる。
Moving requires money.
手て間まが要いるto take effort/trouble
料りょう理りには手て間まが要いる。
Cooking takes some effort.

必ひつ要ようN4
必要 is a noun/na-adjective meaning 'necessary' used in more formal or abstract contexts, while 要る is the plain everyday verb for saying something is needed.
要ようするN1
要る is the everyday, spoken verb for 'to need', while 要する is more formal and typically appears in written or official contexts.

不ふ要ようN1
不要 means 'unnecessary, not needed', the direct opposite of 要る 'to be needed'.

入いるN1
入る (いる) is a homophone of 要る but means 'to enter'; only the kanji and context distinguish them.
いるN5
居る (いる) is another homophone of 要る, meaning 'to be/exist' (for people or animals), not 'to be needed'.
欲ほしいN5
欲しい means 'want' (a desire), while 要る means 'need' (a necessity); learners often mix the two when translating 'I want/need X'.

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煎いるN2
要る (to need) is a completely unrelated homophone of 煎る (to dry-roast) that beginners often mix up when they hear いる.
射いる
射る (to shoot an arrow) and 要る (to need, to require) are unrelated words that share the identical reading いる.

要いるUsage34%
Standard kanji spelling, though It is usually written in kana.
いるUsage66%
Kana spelling is very common and recommended for learners to avoid confusion with other kanji readings.

Native Japanese verb. The kanji 要 is associated with the meaning 'need' or 'essential'.