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    3. 根底

    根底

    根こん底てい

    root

    N1KMT6News #10+1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    根柢

    こんてい

    Noun

    1.
    root, basis, foundation

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    その問もん題だいの根こん底ていには、経けい済ざい的てきな理リ由ユウがある。

    At the root of that problem, there are economic reasons.

    KMT5Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    彼かれの考かんがえ方かたの根こん底ていには、強つよい信しん念ねんがある。

    At the root of his way of thinking, there is a strong belief.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの行こう動どうの根こん底ていには、常つねに他た者しゃへの思おもいやりがある。

    At the root of his actions, there is always compassion for others.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    この理リ論ロンの根こん底ていにあるのは、人にん間げんの自じ由ゆうな意い思しだ。

    At the root of this theory is human free will.

    KMT7Core ConceptsReligion & Philosophy
    科か学が的く発て見きは、しばしば既っけんはしば存しばきぞんの常じょう識しきの根こん底ていを覆おおがえすことがある。

    Scientific discoveries often overturn the very foundations of existing common sense.

    KMT8Core ConceptsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    根
    ね・-ね…(1)
    root・radical・head (pimple)
    底
    そこ…(1)
    bottom・sole・depth・bottom price・base…(2)
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