重じゅう要よう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

Broadly used for things that matter greatly, are crucial, or have high priority. Common in both formal and everyday contexts.

この書しょ類るいはとても重じゅう要ようです。
This document is very important.
健けん康こうは何なによりも重じゅう要ようだ。
Health is more important than anything.

Usage patterns

重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたすto play an important role
この技ぎ術じゅつは将しょう来らいの産さん業ぎょうにとって重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたすだろう。
This technology will likely play an important role in future industries.
〈事こと〉にとって重じゅう要ようだto be important for/to something
健けん康こうにとって睡すい眠みんは重じゅう要ようだ。
Sleep is important for health.
〈事こと〉を重じゅう要よう視しするto regard something as important
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんの意い見けんを重要視じゅうようしている。
The company places great importance on employees' opinions.
〈事こと〉が重じゅう要ような課か題だいとなるfor something to become an important issue
環かん境きょう問もん題だいは世せ界かい的てきに重じゅう要ような課か題だいとなっている。
Environmental issues have become an important challenge worldwide.

Kanji

重heavy, important, esteem
要need, main point, essence

Related words· 10

大たい切せつN5
大切 carries a personal, emotional sense of being precious or dear, while 重要 is a neutral, formal term for being important or essential.
大だい事じN4
大事 is a casual, everyday way to say something matters, whereas 重要 sounds more formal and is common in official or business contexts.
肝かん要よう
肝要 is a literary, somewhat old-fashioned word for 'essential' or 'crucial', while 重要 is the everyday formal term for 'important'.
ウェイト
重要 is the standard Japanese word for 'importance', while ウェイト carries a similar figurative sense often heard in business or sports jargon.

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肝かん心じんN2
重要 is a formal, objective term for 'important' used in reports and business, while 肝心 stresses the one indispensable element in a given situation.
意い義ぎ深ぶかいN2
重要 is the common, general word for 'important', while 意義深い specifically stresses deep meaning or significance behind an event or action.
重じゅう大だいN3
重要 stresses general importance or necessity, while 重大 emphasizes the gravity or serious consequences of a matter.
貴き重ちょうN3
重要 describes functional or consequential importance, whereas 貴重 highlights scarcity and preciousness.
主しゅ要ようN2
重要 stresses how important or valuable something is, whereas 主要 stresses that something is the central or leading item among several.
重おもき
重要 is a general adjective/noun meaning 'important' used broadly, while 重き is a formal noun found almost exclusively in the phrase 重きを置く.

Opposites· 5

些さ細さいN2
些細 means trivial or minor, the direct opposite of 重要, which means important or significant.
どうでもいい
重要 means 'important, significant', the opposite of どうでもいい, which marks something as inconsequential.
細こまかいこと
重要 describes something important or significant, the opposite of the trivial nature implied by 細かいこと.

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くだらないN3
重要 describes something important and worth attention, the opposite of くだらない, which dismisses something as worthless or trivial.
つまらないN5
重要 means 'important', contrasting with つまらない's sense of something being trivial or insignificant.

Don't confuse with

重じゅう大だいN3
重大 stresses seriousness or gravity (a grave matter), while 重要 simply stresses importance or priority; learners often confuse the two due to the shared 重 kanji.
重じゅう要よう視し
重要 is a plain adjective/noun meaning 'important', whereas 重要視 is a する-verb meaning to actively treat or regard something as important.
重じゅう要よう性せい
重要 is the na-adjective form meaning 'important', while 重要性 is its noun form meaning 'importance'; they are easily confused because of their shared root.

Word family· 18

最さい重じゅう要よう
most important; top priority
重じゅう要よう度ど
importance; priority; degree of importance
重じゅう要よう性せい
importance; gravity; significance
重じゅう要よう視し
regard as important; attach importance to; place emphasis on
重じゅう要よう事じ実じつ
material fact; material information

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重じゅう要よう事じ項こう
important matter; matter of weight
重じゅう要よう人じん物ぶつ
important person; key figure; VIP
重じゅう要よう書しょ類るい
important documents; important papers
重じゅう要よう案あん件けん
important matter; important agenda item
重じゅう要よう法ほう案あん
important bill; key bill

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Written forms

重じゅう要ようUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
ジュウヨウUsage0%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 重 (heavy, weighty) and 要 (essential, need). The combination conveys the sense of something weighty and necessary.

Related words· 10

大たい切せつN5

大切 carries a personal, emotional sense of being precious or dear, while 重要 is a neutral, formal term for being important or essential.

大だい事じN4

大事 is a casual, everyday way to say something matters, whereas 重要 sounds more formal and is common in official or business contexts.

肝かん要よう

肝要 is a literary, somewhat old-fashioned word for 'essential' or 'crucial', while 重要 is the everyday formal term for 'important'.

ウェイト

重要 is the standard Japanese word for 'importance', while ウェイト carries a similar figurative sense often heard in business or sports jargon.

Show 6 more

肝かん心じんN2
重要 is a formal, objective term for 'important' used in reports and business, while 肝心 stresses the one indispensable element in a given situation.
意い義ぎ深ぶかいN2
重要 is the common, general word for 'important', while 意義深い specifically stresses deep meaning or significance behind an event or action.
重じゅう大だいN3
重要 stresses general importance or necessity, while 重大 emphasizes the gravity or serious consequences of a matter.
貴き重ちょうN3
重要 describes functional or consequential importance, whereas 貴重 highlights scarcity and preciousness.
主しゅ要ようN2
重要 stresses how important or valuable something is, whereas 主要 stresses that something is the central or leading item among several.
重おもき
重要 is a general adjective/noun meaning 'important' used broadly, while 重き is a formal noun found almost exclusively in the phrase 重きを置く.

Opposites· 5

些さ細さいN2

些細 means trivial or minor, the direct opposite of 重要, which means important or significant.

どうでもいい

重要 means 'important, significant', the opposite of どうでもいい, which marks something as inconsequential.

細こまかいこと

重要 describes something important or significant, the opposite of the trivial nature implied by 細かいこと.

Show 2 more

くだらないN3
重要 describes something important and worth attention, the opposite of くだらない, which dismisses something as worthless or trivial.
つまらないN5
重要 means 'important', contrasting with つまらない's sense of something being trivial or insignificant.

Don't confuse with

重じゅう大だいN3

重大 stresses seriousness or gravity (a grave matter), while 重要 simply stresses importance or priority; learners often confuse the two due to the shared 重 kanji.

重じゅう要よう視し

重要 is a plain adjective/noun meaning 'important', whereas 重要視 is a する-verb meaning to actively treat or regard something as important.

重じゅう要よう性せい

重要 is the na-adjective form meaning 'important', while 重要性 is its noun form meaning 'importance'; they are easily confused because of their shared root.