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    3. 根付く

    根付く

    根ね付づく​

    to take root

    KMT10News #40+1Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab16 strokes

    根づく

    ねづく

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to take root, to strike

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    この木きはしっかりと土つちに根ね付づいている。

    This tree has firmly taken root in the soil.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    砂さ漠ばくの厳きびしい環かん境きょうでも、この植しょく物ぶつはたくましく根ね付づいた。

    Even in the harsh desert environment, this plant bravely took root.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    新あたらしい文ぶん化かがこの地ち域いきに根ね付づくには時じ間かんがかかるだろう。

    It will probably take time for the new culture to take root in this region.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    その思し想そうは人ひと々びとの心こころに深ふかく根ね付づき、社しゃ会かい全ぜん体たいに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    That ideology took deep root in people's hearts and influenced society as a whole.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    新あたらしいビジネスモデルが市いち場ばに根ね付づくかどうかは、今こん後ごの動どう向こうにかかっている。

    Whether the new business model takes root in the market depends on future trends.

    KMT10Business & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    根
    ね・-ね…(1)
    root・radical・head (pimple)
    Kanji
    付
    つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)
    adhere・attach・refer to・append
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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