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JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

要ようするに

yousuruni

in short, to sum up

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは要ようするにおしゃべりなんだ。
She is, in brief, a chatterbox.
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要ようするに人生じんせいは短みじかい。
In a word, life is short.
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要ようするに私わたしは首くびになったのだ。
The long and the short of it is that I was fired.
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Kanji in 要

要need; main pointOnヨウKunいる・かなめ

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