必要
Kana: ひつよう
to need
Example sentence
助けが必要ですか。
たすけがひつようですか。
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What 必要 means
必要 (ひつよう) is a Japanese word meaning “to need”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.