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根ね
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Meanings
Noun
1. root (of a plant)
2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
3. root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
4. one's true nature
5. (fishing) reef
Kanji used
根root
Pitch accent
ね
Used in vocabulary
根ね回まわし
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
Noun
付つけ根ね
root; joint; base; crotch
Noun
根ねっこ
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base; foundation; origin; source
Noun
根ね付つけ
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
Noun
根ねから
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
Adverb
根ね無なし草ぐさ
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
Noun
海老えび根ね
Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)
Noun
根ね回まわり
root circumference
Noun
百ゆ合り根ね
lily bulb
Noun
平ひら屋や根ね
flat roof
Noun
根ね切きり虫むし
cutworm
Noun
根ね切ぎり
excavation (as preparation for construction)
Noun
Examples18
They are all good men at heart.
He is, at bottom, an honest man.
He was a good fellow at heart.
He is a kind man at heart.
Money is the root of all evil.
He is by nature a kind fellow.