important; essential; significant
Broadly used for things that matter greatly, are crucial, or have high priority. Common in both formal and everyday contexts.
This document is very important.
健康は何よりも重要だ。
Health is more important than anything.
This technology will likely play an important role in future industries.
Sleep is important for health.
The company places great importance on employees' opinions.
Environmental issues have become an important challenge worldwide.
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.
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.
regard as important; attach importance to; place emphasis on
material fact; material information