要る
いる · iru
To be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 要りますいります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 要りませんいりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 要りましたいりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 要りませんでしたいりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 要りましょういりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 要りいり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 要りたいいりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 要りながらいりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 要っていって |
| Plain past (た形) | 要ったいった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 要ったらいったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 要っているいっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 要らないいらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 要らなかったいらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 要らなくていらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 要れるいれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 要ればいれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 要れいれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 要ろういろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 要られるいられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 要らせるいらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 要らされるいらされる |
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What does 要る mean?
To be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want.
How do you pronounce 要る?
いる (iru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 要る?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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