ねもと – Vocabulary details

ねもと

Noun

1. base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair)

そして、そこに、その木きの根ね元もとに、あの犬いぬがいた。And there, at the base of that tree, was that dog.

2. root (e.g. of a problem); source

問もん題だいを根ね元もとから解かい決けつしなければならない。We have to solve the problem at its root.

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

問もん題だいをねもとから解かい決けつしなければならない。

We have to solve the problem at its root.

草くさのねもとが折おれているのがわかる。

You can see that the base of the grass is broken.

木きのねもとに土つちを盛もった。

I heaped soil around the base of the tree.

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