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    3. 本質

    本質

    本ほん質しつ

    essence

    N1KMT4News #6+1CoreNoun, ParticleReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ほんしつ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    essence, true nature, substance, reality

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    問もん題だいの本ほん質しつを見み極きわめる。

    To grasp the essence of the problem.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    彼かれの話はなしは常つねに物もの事ごとの本ほん質しつを突ついている。

    His talks always get to the essence of things.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    仏ぶっ教きょうは人じん生せいの本ほん質しつについて深ふかく考こう察さつする。

    Buddhism deeply contemplates the essence of life.

    KMT5Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    表ひょう面めん的てきな違ちがいではなく、本ほん質しつ的てきな共きょう通つう点てんを探さがすべきだ。

    We should look for essential commonalities, not superficial differences.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    哲てつ学がくは存そん在ざいの本ほん質しつを問とう学がく問もんだ。

    Philosophy is the study that questions the essence of existence.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    質
    たち・ただ.す・もと・わりふ…(3)
    substance・quality・matter・temperament
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