Word · 単語
根本
Reading こんぽん
root
- 1 root, source, origin
- 2 foundation, basis, essence
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例文 · examples
挨拶は礼儀作法の根本である。
Greetings are the basis of good manners.
sense 2 · foundation
想像力は、すべての文明の根本である。
Imagination is the root of all civilization.
sense 1 · root
多数決原理が民主主義の根本原則だ。
Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.
sense 2 · foundation
この事の根本には何かあるに違いない。
There must be something at the bottom of all this.
sense 1 · root