要旨

ようし

gist, essentials, summary

What does 要旨 mean?

要旨 is a Japanese noun meaning gist, essentials, summary in English. It is written as 要旨 in kanji, ようし in hiragana, and youshi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

以下は大統領の演説の要旨だ。

The following is a summary of the President's speech.