こん
Meanings
Noun
1. root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
Kanji used
calamity and misfortune
root
Pitch accent
こん
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Composed of
disaster; calamity; misfortune
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
to strike at the root of an evil