要る

いる

To need, to be necessary

N5verb·iru

How to remember it

Kanji 要 means 'essential'; to need is to find something essential.

Example sentences

  • お金が要る。

    おかねがいる。

    I need money.

  • もっと時間が要ります。

    もっとじかんがいります。

    I need more time.

Usage

Intransitive; the needed thing takes が; polite form is 要ります (いります).

Related words

必要欲しいいる

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