Illustration: Inside a Japanese timber workshop undergoing repairs, a carpenter shows an apprentice the massive central pillar beneath a network of roof beams. Smaller partitions have been removed, but every major beam still transfers its weight into this one support.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

根こん幹かん

konkan

foundation, core

Example sentences

  1. これは理論りろんの根幹こんかんとなる数式すうしきである。

    This formula is the basis of the theory.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 舞まいは能のうの根幹こんかんをなす要素ようそである。

    Dancing is an element forming the basis of Noh.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. このうち特とくに重要じゅうようなのは言葉ことばと仕草しぐさであり、これが落語らくごという芸げいの根幹こんかんを成なしているといえる。

    Words and gestures are the most significant, and they can be said to be the essence of the rakugo performance.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 根幹

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
  • 幹tree trunk; main partOnカンKunみき

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