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Demand for this product is increasing year by year.
The need for new technology is growing.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 需じゅ 要よう が 高たか まる demand for something rises
Demand for electric cars is rising.
需じゅ 要よう に 応こた える to meet demand
The factory increased production to meet demand.
需じゅ 要よう を 満み たす to satisfy demand
Domestic production alone cannot satisfy demand.
需じゅ 要よう が 減へ る demand decreases
Demand for housing decreased due to the recession.
Kanji 要 need, main point, essence Related words· 7 必要 refers to a personal or essential need, while 需要 refers to collective or market-level demand.
ニーズ is a casual loanword for consumer wants or needs, whereas 需要 is the formal economic term for demand.
需要 is the general economic term for demand of any kind, while 民需 specifically denotes demand originating from the private sector.
需要 is the general economic term for demand, while 特需 refers specifically to an extraordinary, often temporary surge in demand caused by special circumstances such as war or disaster.
Show 3 more 需要 is the standard, neutral Japanese word for economic demand, while デマンド is a katakana term favored in business, marketing, or technical writing.
需要 is the general economic term for demand of any kind, while 内需 narrows this specifically to demand within the domestic market.
需要 is a formal economic term for demand, whereas 売れ行き is the everyday business term for how well a product is actually selling.
Opposites 供給 (supply) is the economic opposite of 需要 (demand); together they form the classic 需要と供給 pairing.
需要 (demand) is the economic opposite of サプライ (supply), the two terms usually appearing together as 需要とサプライ or 需要と供給.
Don't confuse with 要求 means an active demand or request made by someone, while 需要 is the passive economic concept of market demand.
需要 (demand, as in economics) is pronounced identically to 受容 (acceptance) but means something completely different.
需要 refers only to 'demand', whereas 需給 covers the whole relationship between supply and demand.
Etymology Compound of 需 (need, demand) and 要 (essential, requirement). The kanji combination directly conveys the concept of 'demand' or 'need'.
replacement demand; need for replacement
