► 副詞
変に [(1)へんに] [coll] meaning: unnecessary rank: 1
☆ 変に気にする必要は無いよ ⇨ There’s no need to worry too much
☆ 変に疑わないでよ ⇨ Don’t be too suspicious of me. Don’t be so neurotic
何も [(1)なにも] [何も～ない] [coll] meaning: unnecessary rank: 2
☆ 何もそんな言い方をする必要はないだろう ⇨ There is no need to put it that way
☆ 何も泣くことはないだろう ⇨ There is no need to cry. It is not that big a deal
強ち [あながち] meaning: unnecessary rank: 3
☆ 彼の言うことは強ちデタラメではない ⇨ What he is saying is not necessarily BS
妄りに [(1)みだりに] [liter] meaning: unnecessary rank: 3
☆ この薬はみだりに使ってはいけない ⇨ This medication should not be used unnecessarily
► 成句
迄も [(1)までも] [迄も無い] [liter] meaning: unnecessary rank: 3
☆ ～な事は言う迄も無い ⇨ Needless to say it is …
☆ 答えは聞く迄も無く明らかだ ⇨ The answer is so obvious that you don’t have to ask
☆ 結果はやってみる迄も無く明らかだ ⇨ The result is so obvious that you don’t have to actually try it
御呼び [および] [お呼びでない] meaning: unnecessary rank: 4
☆ お前はお呼びじゃないんだよ ⇨ You’re not called. You’re not needed here. Take a hike
► 名詞
余計 [よけい] meaning: unnecessary rank: 1
☆ 一つ余計だ ⇨ We have one too many
蛇足 [だそく] meaning: unnecessary rank: 4
☆ 蛇足ながら言わせて頂きたい ⇨ Let me say this, even though I know it is redundant (☛ Literally “snake legs”, as legs are unnecessary for snakes)
長物 [ちょうぶつ] [無用の長物] meaning: unnecessary rank: 4
☆ 市民の役に立たない政府など無用の長物以外の何物でもない ⇨ A government that won’t serve the benefit of its citizens is nothing but a useless long thing (☛ Literally “long thing”. Something that consumes a lot of resource (without any benefit). Only used as an idiom)
► 形容動詞
不要 [ふよう] [liter] meaning: unnecessary rank: 1
☆ 予約は不要です ⇨ A reservation, appointment, is not required
余計 [よけい] [junior] meaning: unnecessary rank: 1
☆ 余計な事を誰にも言うなよ ⇨ Don’t say anything unnecessary to anyone
☆ 余計な口を挟むな ⇨ Don’t interject
☆ 余計な御世話だ ⇨ It’s none of your business
☆ 余計な心配はするな ⇨ Don’t worry unnecessarily
不必要 [(2)ふひつよう] meaning: unnecessary rank: 2
☆ この箱は不必要に大きい ⇨ This box is unnecessarily big
☆ 東京では車は殆ど不必要だ ⇨ Cars are pretty much unnecessary in Tokyo
無闇 [(1)むやみ] meaning: unnecessary rank: 2
☆ この薬は無闇に使ってはいけない ⇨ You can’t use this medication unnecessarily
☆ 頭の悪い日本人は間違った英語を無闇に使いたがる ⇨ Stupid Japanese love to use wrong English words for no good reasons
無用 [むよう] [liter] meaning: unnecessary rank: 3
☆ 心配は御無用です (ごむよう) ⇨ Worry is unnecessary. You don’t have to worry