Illustration: At a small neighborhood hall undergoing repairs, a clean excavation beside the entrance exposes the broad concrete footing beneath a wooden support post. The post rises continuously from this buried base to the porch beam and roof above, making the support relationship easy to follow.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

根こん底てい

kontei

underlying basis

Example sentences

  1. この議論ぎろんの根底こんていには、問題もんだいとしている規則きそくが言語げんごに存在そんざいするという仮説かせつがある。

    Basic to the argument is the assumption that the rules in question are present in the language.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その根底こんていにあるのは、穀物こくもつの死しと再生さいせいである。

    At the root is the death and rebirth of grain.

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

  3. その考かんがえ方かたの違ちがいの根底こんていには異ことなった死生観しせいかんが存在そんざいしていた。

    These two thoughts were based on different views of life and death.

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

Kanji in 根底

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
  • 底bottom; soleOnテイKunそこ

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