重要 (じゅうよう, juuyou) Japanese meaning: important | Kotomora要
です
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This document is very important.
Health is more important than anything.
Usage patterns
重要な役割を果たすto play an important role
This technology will likely play an important role in future industries.
〈事〉にとって重要だto be important for/to something
Sleep is important for health.
〈事〉を重要視するto regard something as important
The company places great importance on employees' opinions.
〈事〉が重要な課題となるfor something to become an important issue
Environmental issues have become an important challenge worldwide.
貴重
N3
重要 describes functional or consequential importance, whereas 貴重 highlights scarcity and preciousness.
重要 stresses how important or valuable something is, whereas 主要 stresses that something is the central or leading item among several.
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.
N3
重要 describes something important and worth attention, the opposite of くだらない, which dismisses something as worthless or trivial.
重要 means 'important', contrasting with つまらない's sense of something being trivial or insignificant.
material fact; material information
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important matter; matter of weight
important person; key figure; VIP
important documents; important papers
important matter; important agenda item
important bill; key bill
