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要ようするに

N3
ようするに yousuruni
  1. in a word
  2. after all
  3. the point is ..
  4. in short ..
expressionadverb

Chinese meanings

总之;要而言之

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは要ようするにおしゃべりなんだ。
    She is, in brief, a chatterbox.
    总之,她很爱说话。
  • 要ようするに彼かれが間ま違ちがっていたのです。
    In brief, he was wrong.
    总之,是他错了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0910eee377'); // 要するに
{
  "id": "0910eee377",
  "word": "要するに",
  "reading": "ようするに",
  "romaji": "yousuruni",
  "meanings": [
    "in a word",
    "after all",
    "the point is ..",
    "in short .."
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "exp",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1546620,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は要するにおしゃべりなんだ。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{要|よう}するにおしゃべりなんだ。",
      "en": "She is, in brief, a chatterbox.",
      "tatoeba_id": 86369
    },
    {
      "ja": "要するに彼が間違っていたのです。",
      "furigana": "{要|よう}するに{彼|かれ}が{間違|まちが}っていたのです。",
      "en": "In brief, he was wrong.",
      "tatoeba_id": 78817
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c2713b514e8418348f6d23b68b72e335550fcd2883561d3b8564c247b4336b06",
    "meanings": [
      "总之",
      "要而言之"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は要するにおしゃべりなんだ。",
        "zh": "总之,她很爱说话。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "要するに彼が間違っていたのです。",
        "zh": "总之,是他错了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/0910eee377",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1546620; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "befbf3b3ba7b14111755fc0ef08263ad166f98d90fe182571de09a6c1835baa8"
  }
}