要ようを得える

expression, ichidan verb

to the point; pertinent; apt

Used to describe a statement, answer, or remark that captures the essential point. Often appears in the negative form 要を得ない (missing the point) or as 要を得た (to the point).

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは要ようを得えていて、とても分わかりやすかった。

  His explanation was to the point and very easy to understand.

• その質しつ問もんは要ようを得えない。

  That question misses the point.