[ひつよう, hitsuyou] (adj-na) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (n) (2) necessity; need; requirement; (P) #191
[じゅうよう, juuyou] (adj-na, n) important; momentous; essential; principal; major; (P) #861
[ほんらい, honrai] (n-adv, n-t, adj-no) (1) originally; primarily; (2) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; (3) proper; legal; (P) #1904
[つか, tsuka] (n, n-suf) (1) pattern; design; (n) (2) body build; figure; physique; (n, n-suf) (3) essential qualities; character; nature; (n-suf) (4) appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for; (P) #6085
[ようりょう, youryou] (n) (1) (See 要領を得る) point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline; (2) knack; trick; the ropes; (P) #10728
[ふかけつ, fukaketsu] (adj-na, n) indispensable; essential; (P) #11368
[よういん, youin] (n) essential member; necessary person; personnel; (P) #11773
[がんらい, ganrai] (n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally; (P) #13566
[ようし, youshi] (n) point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals; (P) #14030
[かんじん, kanjin] (adj-na, n, adj-no) essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main; (P) #17493
[どえんか(ど演歌);ドえんか(ド演歌), doenka ( do enka ); do enka ( do enka )] (n) (See 演歌) quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
[essensharu] (n) essential
[raifurain] (n) (1) (essential) utilities; (2) lifeline
[かんよう, kanyou] (adj-na, n, adj-no) essential; vital; crucial; importance; (P)
[きゅうじょ, kyuujo] (n) (1) vitals; tender spot; (2) key (of a problem); crux; essential point; secret; (3) (col) (See 金的) male crotch (as a target in fighting); (P)
[ごくい, gokui] (n) essential point; main point
[かくことができない, kakukotogadekinai] (exp, adj-i) (See 欠くことのできない, 欠くべからざる) indispensable; essential; necessary
[かくことのできない, kakukotonodekinai] (exp, adj-i) (See 欠くべからざる, 欠くことができない) indispensable; essential; necessary
[かくべからざる, kakubekarazaru] (exp, adj-i) (See 欠くことのできない, 欠くことができない) indispensable; essential; necessary
[こうよう, kouyou] (n) elements; essentials; outline
[こうけい, koukei] (n) the essential point
[こっし, kosshi] (n) bones; marrow; essentials; (P)
[さんしゅのじんぎ, sanshunojingi] (n) (1) the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); (2) the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC, digital camera)
[しゅきゃくてんとう, shukyakutentou] (n, vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential
[しゅかくてんとう, shukakutentou] (n, vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
[しゅきゃくてんとう, shukyakutentou] (n, vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential
[じゅんか, junka] (n, vs) (1) persuading by heavy-handed methods; (2) (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements
[じょうほうしゅようそ, jouhoushuyouso] (n) essential elements of information
[しんせい, shinsei] (n) (1) inborn nature; (adj-no) (2) genuine; intrinsic; essential
[せいかつひつじゅひん, seikatsuhitsujuhin] (n) daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
[せいゆ, seiyu] (n) (1) essential oil; volatile oil; (2) refined oil
[きってもきれない, kittemokirenai] (exp, adj-i) inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated); indissoluble
[せつよう, setsuyou] (adj-na, n) essential; vital
[さきにたつ, sakinitatsu] (exp, v5t, vi) (1) to lead; to take the initiative; (2) to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); (3) to be most essential
[それでこそ, soredekoso] (n) (uk) quintessential point; what one expects; Attaboy!
[だいどうしょうい, daidoushoui] (adj-na, n, adj-no) essentially the same with only minor differences
[とうち, touchi] (n, vs, adj-no) turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials; (P)
[ひっけい, hikkei] (n) (1) handbook; manual; vade mecum; (2) (something) essential to keep on you; (P)
[ひつじゅひん, hitsujuhin] (n) necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials; staple; (P)
[ひっすアミノさん, hissu amino san] (n) essential amino acid
[ひっすしぼうさん, hissushibousan] (n) essential fatty acid
[ひっすじょうけん, hissujouken] (n) essential condition; (P)
[ひつようふかけつ, hitsuyoufukaketsu] (n, adj-na) essential; indispensable; imperative; necessary; compelling, vital, critical
[ふかけつアミノさん, fukaketsu amino san] (n) (See 必須アミノ酸) essential amino acid
[ふきゅう, fukyuu] (adj-na, n, adj-no) in no hurry; nonessential (industry)
[ふようふきゅう, fuyoufukyuu] (n, adj-na) nonessential and nonurgent
[ほうこうゆ, houkouyu] (n) (obsc) (See 精油) fragrant oil; essential oil
[ほんしつてき, honshitsuteki] (adj-na) essentially
[ほんたいせいこうけつあつ, hontaiseikouketsuatsu] (n) essential hypertension
[ほんまつてんとう, honmatsutentou] (n, vs, adj-no) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards