Illustration: At a neighborhood clock repair shop, a craftsperson has opened two clocks side by side: one has an elaborate carved bird-shaped case, while the other has a plain round housing. Their exposed mechanisms have matching gears, hands, and moving pendulums despite the very different shells.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん質しつ的てき

honshitsuteki

essential, intrinsic

Example sentences

  1. 本質的ほんしつてきには何なにも変かわっていない。

    Essentially, nothing has changed.

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  2. それは本質的ほんしつてきに時間じかんの問題もんだいだ。

    It is essentially a question of time.

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  3. それらは程度ていどの差さで本質的ほんしつてきには違ちがいはない。

    They are different in degree but not in kind.

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Kanji in 本質的

  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 質substance; qualityOnシツ・シチ・チKunたち・ただす・もと
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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