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    3. 核心

    核心

    核かく心しん

    core

    KMT5News #11+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    かくしん

    Noun

    1.
    core, heart (of the matter), point, crux, kernel

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    問もん題だいの核かく心しんに迫せまる。

    Approach the core of the problem.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    彼かれの話はなしはいつも核かく心しんを突ついている。

    His stories always get to the heart of the matter.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    議ぎ論ろんの核かく心しんは、倫りん理り的てきな問もん題だいにある。

    The core of the argument lies in ethical issues.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyPolitics & Law
    彼かれの言こと葉ばは私わたしの心こころの核かく心しんに響ひびいた。

    His words resonated with the core of my heart.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    この理り論ろんは、物ぶつ理り学がくの核かく心しんをなす概がい念ねんだ。

    This theory is a concept that forms the core of physics.

    KMT7Science & MathCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    核
    nucleus・core・kernel
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
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