Illustration: In the back room of a small neighborhood bakery, water runs from beneath a sink cabinet and spreads into several branching trails across the floor. One worker has been chasing the puddles with towels, leaving a weary trail of soaked cloths behind.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

根こん源げん

kongen

root, source, origin

Example sentences

神かみは万物ばんぶつの根源こんげんである。
God is the cause of all things.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
家庭愛かていあいに愛国精神あいこくせいしんの根源こんげんがある。
The spirit of patriotism has its source in the love of the family.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
その争あらそいの根源こんげんは二国間にこくかんの対立関係たいりつかんけいにある。
The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two countries.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 根源

根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
源source; originOnゲンKunみなもと

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