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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

肝かん心じん

kanjin

essential, crucial

Example sentences

  1. 肝心かんじんなのは何なにを読よむかではなくて、どう読よむかだ。

    It is not what you read but how you read it that counts.

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  2. 何事なにごとも最初さいしょが肝心かんじんだよな。

    Whatever you’re doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 落おち着つきが肝心かんじんです。

    We must keep calm.

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Kanji in 肝心

  • 肝liver; pluckOnカンKunきも
  • 心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ

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