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Meanings
Noun
1. root (of a plant)
Trees that grew by absorbing mist extend their roots endlessly underground.
2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
3. root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
The world is too wide, and the roots of conflict are too deep.
4. one's true nature
See, he's not a bad kid at heart.
5. (fishing) reef
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
(mountain) ridge
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
roof
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
root; joint; base; crotch
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
nature; character; disposition
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
hedge; fence; border; limit
high peak
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
lily bulb
rootless; groundless
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to come from; to have roots in
to take root; to strike root
dividing a plant's roots for transplanting
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
root; source; origin; basis
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
root circumference
(arch.) kabuki script; illustrated kabuki script
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
root of a tooth; fang
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
to take root
tiled roof
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
arrow feathers
main roof; housetop
lily bulb
to be unmovable; to be well-established; to take root
root; lower part
root; lower part
to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
lingering snow
tail feathers
scruff of the neck
plume; ornamental feather
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
shingle roof
uprooting
thatched roof
stump
fibrous root
flat roof
arrow-head; arrowhead
main root; taproot
basic guarantee; initial guarantee; revolving guarantee; revolving credit agreement
underworld
hook getting caught on something underwater
bubo (inflamed swelling in a gland)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
rootlet
celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum)
underworld; netherworld
base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar
root vegetable
balling and burlapping (horticulture); root wrapping
root crowding
pulling out by the roots; pulling up roots and all; (arch.) native-born; (arch.) trueborn
having exposed roots
revolving mortgage
uproot; redeem
to take root; to put forth roots
children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it
underpinning; splicing (e.g. a rotting post)
root grafting
madder root
kanji "person" radical at top
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
root rot
Nemuro Weather Station
Hakone Museum of Art
Iwane Station
Examples (21 in total)
You are a good person at heart.
Look at the branches and the roots.
The roots of the trauma ran deep.