Chinese edit

not; no
trad. (不必要) 必要
simp. #(不必要) 必要

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

不必要

  1. unnecessary; needless

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ひつ
Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of () (fu-) + (ひつ)(よう) (hitsuyō)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(ひつ)(よう) (fuhitsuyō-na (adnominal ()(ひつ)(よう) (fuhitsuyō na), adverbial ()(ひつ)(よう) (fuhitsuyō ni))

  1. unnecessary

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

Noun edit

()(ひつ)(よう) (fuhitsuyō

  1. needlessness

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN