要旨

• 読み: ようし
• ローマ字: youshi
• 漢字の分解: 要 (you) — essential, important; 旨 (shi) — purport, meaning, gist
• 発音: /jo.ɯ.ɕi/

意味

Main point; gist; summary. The essential substance of a text, speech, or argument.

A noun used in formal and academic contexts to refer to the core content or key points of a document, speech, or discussion. More concise and formal than 要約 (summary/synopsis). Often used for thesis abstracts (論文の要旨), meeting summaries (会議の要旨), and policy outlines. Commonly tested in JLPT reading comprehension — identifying the 要旨 of a passage.

例文

1. 論文の要旨を提出してください。
2. 会議の要旨をメールで共有した。
3. この記事の要旨は三行でまとめられる。

使い方ガイド

場面: academics, writing, business, meetings

トーン: formal

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 要 (you, essential/important) + 旨 (shi, purport/meaning). Together: 'essential meaning' — the core substance or gist of something.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Educated