Illustration: At a suburban Japanese railway station, a steady stream of commuters passes through the broad central entrance beneath a deep canopy. A pair of smaller side entrances remain open, each used by only one or two people.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ要よう

shuyou

main, major

Example sentences

日本にっぽんの主要しゅよう作物さくもつは米こめである。
The main crop of Japan is rice.
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彼かれはその運動うんどうで主要しゅような役割やくわりを果はたした。
He played a major part in the movement.
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交通こうつうは都市としの主要しゅような問題もんだいである。
Traffic is a major urban problem.
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Kanji in 主要

主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
要need; main pointOnヨウKunいる・かなめ

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