必ひつ需じゅ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Used primarily as a noun modifier (〜の) or in compounds; often refers to things that are essential for a purpose. Not typically used as a standalone predicate like 必要.

水みずは生いきるために必ひつ需じゅのものだ。
Water is essential for living.
この道どう具ぐは登と山ざんの必ひつ需じゅ品ひんです。
This tool is an essential item for mountain climbing.

Kanji

必invariably, certain, inevitable
需demand, request, need

Related words

必ひつ要ようN4
必要 is the common, flexible word for 'necessary' usable as noun, adjective, or predicate, while 必需 is a stiffer, more formal term restricted to noun-modifying or compound use (as in 必需品).

Opposites

不ふ要ようN1
不要 means 'unnecessary, not needed', the direct opposite of 必需's sense of being indispensable.

Don't confuse with

必ひっ携けい
必需 almost always appears bound in 必需品 ('daily necessity') and cannot stand alone as an adjective, unlike 必携 which is freely used with の or as a suffix.

Word family

必ひつ需じゅ品ひんN2
necessity; essential item; must-have

Etymology

Compound of 必 (certainly, inevitably) and 需 (demand, need). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of essential need.