不必要

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

不必要

  1. unnecessary; needless

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. unnecessary

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

()(ひつ)(よう) • (fuhitsuyō) 

  1. needlessness

References

  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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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