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
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
lily bulb
underworld
① 山の頂と頂とを結んで連なる部分。
① 物事の大本。根本。② 太い矢じり。
nature; character; disposition
① 高い峰。高い山の頂。
① 植物の根。② 物事の本質、本来の性質、性格。
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
① 樹木の幹の真下の根の部分。② 歯など別のものに植えられた状態のものの接合部位。
root; joint; base; crotch
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
① 建物の上部を覆う構造物で、雨や雪、強風や強い日差し、気温の変化、工場の煤煙や大気中の粉塵を防ぐもの。② 物の上部をおおうもの。③ 非常に高いところにあるもの。
① 根を刮ぐこと。草木を根まで残さず引き抜くこと。副詞的に用いることもある。② ことごとく除去すること。「ことごとく」の意味で、副詞的に用いることもある。
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
hedge; fence; border; limit
innermost feelings; heart; motive
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
root of a tooth; fang
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
tiled roof
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
arrow feathers
main roof; housetop
root; lower part
① 印籠、巾着、煙草入れなどを腰に下げる際に紐の先端に滑り止めとして帯に挟んでつける小形の細工物。
① 降り積もった雪が解けずに残って、雪解けの時期までに残る下積みの雪。
tail feathers
plume; ornamental feather
shingle roof
rootless; groundless
thatched roof
stump
flat roof
arrow-head; arrowhead
① 種子の胚が元である植物の根。
basic guarantee; initial guarantee; revolving guarantee; revolving credit agreement
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed
bubo (inflamed swelling in a gland)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
dividing a plant's roots for transplanting
rootlet
base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar
celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum)
root vegetable
balling and burlapping (horticulture); root wrapping
having exposed roots
revolving mortgage
uproot; redeem
root circumference
(arch.) kabuki script; illustrated kabuki script
pulling out by the roots; pulling up roots and all; native born; true born
root grafting
madder root
kanji "person" radical at top
children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it
arrowhead
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
neawase; Heian period game of pulling out sweet flags and competing over whose plant has the longest roots
Examples (9 in total)
He's a good fellow at heart.
He's a kind man at heart.
I spent my vacation in Hakone.