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根

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.)

JLPT N3 common word

Meaning

  1. n
    root (of a plant)
  2. n
    root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
  3. n
    root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
  4. n
    one's true nature
  5. n
    (fishing) reef
  6. n
    stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
  7. n
    radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily)
  8. n
    root
  9. n
    indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

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