肝要

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んよー [kàń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

(かん)(よう) • (kan'yō) 

  1. essential, vital, extremely important
    Synonym: 肝心 (kanjin)
    忍耐(にんたい)肝要(かんよう)
    nintai wa kan'yō da
    patience is essential

Adjective

(かん)(よう) • (kan'yō) -na (adnominal (かん)(よう) (kan'yō na), adverbial (かん)(よう) (kan'yō ni))

  1. essential, vital, extremely important

Inflection

References

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