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要る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
要る
BOOST
Reading : いる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to need; to want  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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要る is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,390,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 246 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1208
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
この
じぎょう
事業
たがく
多額
しきん
資金

We need a large amount of money for this project.
わたし
いま
なに
りません

I don't need anything now.
まだ
ちゃ
ります

Do you still need tea?
いる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 300 (about 2,570,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
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