要注意(ようちゅうい)

ようちゅうい
noun
requiring caution; needing attention
1. requiring caution; needing attention; one to watch out for
A label meaning that something or someone needs careful attention or watching. Literally 'caution required' (要(よう) 'need' + 注意(ちゅうい) 'caution'). Often used attributively, as in 要注意人物(ようちゅういじんぶつ).
この薬(くすり)は要注意(ようちゅうい)だ。
This medicine requires caution.
彼(かれ)は要注意人物(ようちゅういじんぶつ)としてマークされている。
He is marked as a person to watch out for.
健康診断(けんこうしんだん)で血圧(けつあつ)が要注意(ようちゅうい)と判定(はんてい)された。
My blood pressure was rated as requiring attention at the health checkup.

Used as a warning label on health results, road signs, weather alerts, and the like. Frequently combined into compounds or used with の before a noun.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 要注意人物(ようちゅういじんぶつ): a person to watch out for
  • 要注意(ようちゅうい)警報(けいほう): a caution-level warning
  • 要注意(ようちゅうい)箇所(かしょ): a spot that needs care

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 注意(ちゅうい): caution, attention — the plain noun without the 'required' sense
  • 警戒(けいかい): vigilance, alert — stronger, implies active guarding against danger
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