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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ要よう

fuyou

unnecessary, unneeded

Example sentences

  1. 参加さんかのための会費かいひは不要ふようです。

    There’s no membership fee for joining.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 安やすかったので不要ふようなものまで買かう気きになってしまった。

    The cheap prices tempted me to buy things I didn’t need.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その講演者こうえんしゃはとても有名ゆうめいだったので紹介しょうかいは不要ふようなほどだった。

    The speaker was so well-known as to need no introduction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不要

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 要need; main pointOnヨウKunいる・かなめ

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