Need

"Need" in Japanese

必要

hitsuyō

(something required)

...が必要

...ga hitsuyō

(to have an absolute requirement for)

しなければいけない

shinakereba ikenai

(to be obliged to)

必要する

hitsuyōto-surú

(to have an absolute requirement for)

義務がある

gimu ga aru

(to be obliged to)

要る

iru

(to have an absolute requirement for)

要る

iru

(to want strongly)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.