Word Meaning 要する

ようする yousuru

要する is read as ようする (yousuru) and means to need.

Meaning

English

  1. to need
  2. to demand
  3. to take
  4. to require

Reading

Kana

ようする

Romaji

yousuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 2947 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

要る

いる

to need

要領を得る

ようりょうをえる

to be to the point

要求

ようきゅう

demand

要望

ようぼう

demand for

要因

よういん

main cause

要するに

ようするに

in short

かなめ

Japanese photinia

要所

ようしょ

important position

要点

ようてん

gist

要約

ようやく

summary

要員

よういん

(necessary) personnel

要人

ようじん

important person

Example Sentences

10

She needs it.

In a word, life is short.

This is an urgent matter.

There's no need for violence.

The long and the short of it is that I was fired.

In a word, you hate me, don't you?

In brief, Tom was wrong.

Developing political awareness takes time.

The man, in short, is not to be trusted.

In brief, he was wrong.