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    3. 元凶

    元凶

    元げん凶きょう

    ringleader

    KMT7News #17+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab8 strokes

    元兇

    げんきょう

    Noun

    1.
    ringleader, main culprit
    2.
    main cause, source

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    その事じ件けんの元げん凶きょうは彼かれだった。

    He was the ringleader of that incident.

    KMT6Politics & LawDaily Life
    貧ひん困こんが社しゃ会かい問もん題だいの元げん凶きょうだと指し摘きされている。

    Poverty is pointed out as the main cause of social problems.

    KMT7Politics & LawDaily Life
    彼かれは、この一いち連れんの不ふ正せい行こう為いの元げん凶きょうとして逮たい捕ほされた。

    He was arrested as the ringleader of this series of misconducts.

    KMT8Politics & LawWork & Career
    その政せい策さくが経けい済ざい停てい滞たいの元げん凶きょうであると批ひ判はんされた。

    That policy was criticized as being the main cause of economic stagnation.

    KMT8Politics & LawBusiness & Finance
    歴れき史し家かたちは、戦せん争そうの元げん凶きょうを多た角かく的てきに分ぶん析せきしている。

    Historians are analyzing the main causes of the war from multiple perspectives.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    凶
    villain・evil・bad luck・disaster
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