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根 ね N3

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.)
  3. basis; cause; origin; root (of all evil, etc.); source
  4. one's true nature
  5. (fishing) reef

根 こん

  1. perseverance; persistence; stick-to-itiveness
  2. radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily)
  3. root
  4. indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

根回し ねまわし N1

  1. behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; laying the groundwork
  2. digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

根底 こんてい N1

  1. basis; foundation; root

根拠 こんきょ N1

  1. authority; basis; foundation; grounds; reason
  2. base (of operations)
  3. base (of a group of stones)

根本 こんぽん N1

  1. origin; root; source
  2. basis; essence; foundation

根気 こんき N1

  1. energy; patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity

根ざす ねざす

  1. to come from; to have roots in

根っこ ねっこ

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. stump (of a tree)
  3. base; foundation; origin; root (of a problem, etc.); source

根幹 こんかん

  1. basis; core; foundation; fundamentals; root
  2. root and trunk
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