Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child and an adult repot a small tomato plant that has outgrown its container. The adult holds the seedling gently above a larger pot, exposing a dense tangle of pale branching roots beneath the stem, with some loose soil falling away.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

根ねっこ

nekko

root of a plant

Example sentences

  1. 雑草ざっそうを抜ぬくなら、根ねっこから。

    If you’re going to pull weeds, pull them out by the roots.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 植物しょくぶつの根ねっこを掘ほり出だす

    to dig up the roots of a plant

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 転ころんだ時ときに、木きの根ねっこで頭あたまを打うったみたい。たんこぶができちゃった。

    I think I hit my head on a tree root when I fell. I’ve got a bump.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 根

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね

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