要所(ようしょ)

ようしょ
noun
key point; strategic location
geography
1. key point; strategic location; important position
A place or position of critical importance, whether geographically strategic, organizationally significant, or functionally essential.
要所(ようしょ)に警備員(けいびいん)を配置(はいち)した。
We stationed security guards at key points.
この城(しろ)は軍事(ぐんじ)の要所(ようしょ)だった。
This castle was a strategic military position.
要所(ようしょ)要所(ようしょ)をしっかり押(お)さえておけば、全体(ぜんたい)の流(なが)れは理解(りかい)できる。
If you grasp the key points, you can understand the overall flow.

Usage

Can refer to a physical location of strategic importance (military, geographic) or more abstractly to key points in a plan, argument, or process. The reduplicated form 要所(ようしょ)要所(ようしょ) means "at every key point" and is commonly used.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 要点(ようてん): main point — focuses on the core content of an argument or explanation
  • 拠点(きょてん): base, stronghold — emphasizes a base of operations rather than strategic importance

Related Words

Synonym: 要点(ようてん) (main point (abstract))
Related: 拠点(きょてん) (base, stronghold)
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Added 2026.3.14 9:00 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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