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    3. 根幹

    根幹

    根こん幹かん

    foundation

    KMT6News #10+1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    こんかん

    Noun

    1.
    foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals
    2.
    root and trunk

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    この計けい画かくの根こん幹かんは信しん頼らいだ。

    The core of this plan is trust.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    教きょう育いくは社しゃ会かいの根こん幹かんをなすものだ。

    Education forms the foundation of society.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    基き本ほんを学まなぶことは、どんな分ぶん野やでも根こん幹かんとなる。

    Learning the basics becomes the foundation in any field.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    この会かい社しゃの経けい営えい理り念ねんは、すべての活かつ動どうの根こん幹かんにある。

    The management philosophy of this company is at the core of all its activities.

    KMT6Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    その理り論ろんは、現げん代だい科か学がくの根こん幹かんを揺ゆるがす可か能のう性せいを秘ひめている。

    That theory holds the potential to shake the very foundation of modern science.

    KMT8Science & MathCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    根
    ね・-ね…(1)
    root・radical・head (pimple)
    幹
    みき…(14)
    tree trunk・main part・talent・capability
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