Word Meaning 要するに

ようするに yousuruni

要するに is read as ようするに (yousuruni) and means in short.

Meaning

English

  1. in short
  2. in a word
  3. to sum up
  4. to put it simply
  5. to make a long story short
  6. after all

Reading

Kana

ようするに

Romaji

yousuruni

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 3020 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

要求

ようきゅう

demand

要望

ようぼう

demand for

要する

ようする

to need

要因

よういん

main cause

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

要る

いる

to need

要員

よういん

(necessary) personnel

要人

ようじん

important person

要件

ようけん

important matter

Example Sentences

10

In a word, life is short.

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.

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

In brief, he was wrong.

To put it succinctly, I don't know, and I don't want to know.

In effect, flowers are the creators of honey.

In short, he was too honest.

In brief, I need money. Please lend it to me!