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    根本

    根こん本ぽん

    root

    N1KMT4News #6+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    こんぽんこんぼん

    Noun

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

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    問もん題だいの根こん本ぽん原げん因いんを探さぐる。

    To search for the root cause of the problem.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    根こん本ぽん的てきな解かい決けつ策さくが必ひつ要ようだ。

    A fundamental solution is needed.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    この川かわの根こん本ぽんはあの山やまにある。

    The source of this river is in that mountain.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentCore Concepts
    基き礎そを固かためることが学がく問もんの根こん本ぽんだ。

    Solidifying the basics is the foundation of learning.

    KMT5EducationCore Concepts
    彼かれの思し想そうは、人にん間げんの自じ由ゆうを根こん本ぽんに置おいている。

    His philosophy places human freedom at its foundation.

    KMT6philosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    根
    ね・-ね…(1)
    root・radical・head (pimple)
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
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