main point, gist

Kanji in this word

• 要 need
• 点 spot, point

Example sentences

• 話はなしの要点ようてんを書かき留とめなさい。

  Hanashi no youten o kakitome nasai.

  Take down the main points of the speech.

• 要点ようてんを絞しぼって、決定けっていを下くだしましょう。

  Youten o shibotsu te, kettei o kudashimashou.

  Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.

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
• 要約 summary
• 概要 outline, summary
• 要素 element, factor