gist, main point

Kanji in this word

• 要 need
• 旨 delicious, the gist

Example sentences

• ようし、行いこう。

  Youshi, ikou.

  OK, let's go.

• 机つくえの上うえの整理せいり、いつもしようしようと思おもってはいるんだよ。

  Tsukue no ue no seiri, itsumo shiyou shiyou to omotsu teha iru n da yo.

  I keep meaning to organize my desk.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 要る to need
• 必要 necessary, necessity
• 需要 demand
• 要点 main point, gist
• 要約 summary
• 概要 outline, summary