要る

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
要
い
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Derived from 入(い)る (iru, “to enter”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "要る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
要る いる [ìrú]
Imperative (命令形) - - -
Key constructions
Passive 要られる いられる [ìrárérú]
Causative 要らせる いらせる [ìrásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 要ろう いろ​ー [ìróꜜò]
Negative 要らない いらない [ìránáí]
Negative perfective 要らなかった いらな​かった [ìránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 要ります いりま​す [ìrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 要った いった [ìttá]
Conjunctive 要って いって [ìtté]
Hypothetical conditional 要れば いれ​ば [ìréꜜbà]

Verb

要(い)る • (iru) intransitive godan (stem 要(い)り (iri), past 要(い)った (itta))

  1. to be necessary, to need
    お金(かね)が要(い)りますか? — いいえ、要(い)りません。
    Okane ga irimasu ka? — Īe, irimasen.
    Do you need money? — No, I don't need money.
    この本(ほん)は要(い)りますか?
    Kono hon wa irimasu ka?
    Do you need this book?

Usage notes

Usually spelled in hiragana, with the kanji being used for formal contexts. The past form is falling out of use.[4]

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. 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
  4. 「お金がいった」は、おかしい?, NHK, 2017
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