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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

根こん本ぽん的てき

konponteki

fundamental

Example sentences

  1. 根本的こんぽんてきな解決かいけつとは呼よべない。

    It cannot be called a fundamental solution.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. それでは根本的こんぽんてきな問題もんだいを見みてみることにしましょう。

    Let us turn now to the fundamental issue.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかしながら、これらは新幹線しんかんせんシステムそのものの根本的こんぽんてき欠陥けっかんに起因きいんする事故じこではないため例外れいがいと考かんがえられた。

    However, these were not caused by fundamental defects of the Shinkansen system itself, and are considered exceptions.

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

Kanji in 根本的

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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