根幹

こんかん
basis
nucleus
root & branch

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こんかん【根幹】

bare bones

［the ～］.

▲Freedom of speech is the essence of democracy. 言論の自由は民主主義の根幹である.

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こんかん【根幹】

1 〔根と幹〕 the root(s) and trunk 《of a tree》.

2 〔物事の根本〕 a basis 《pl. bases》; the root(s) 《of…》; 〔重要な部分〕 the fundamentals; the essentials; the bare bones.

●行政機構の根幹が腐ってしまっている. The machinery of government is fundamentally rotten [rotten to the core].

●経営の根幹にかかわる問題 an issue which affects management fundamentally [to the core]; a problem which has to do with the very basis of management

・仏教が彼の思想の根幹にある. Buddhism lies at the root [core] of his thought. | Buddhism underlies his philosophy.

●それは国家経済の根幹を揺るがしかねない重大事件だ. It is a major incident which could well shake [undermine] the very foundations of the national economy.

●国民の信頼が政治の根幹である. Public trust is (at) the basis of politics. | Politics is founded upon the trust of the citizens.