根源

こんげん
root
source
origin

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こんげん【根元， 根源】

*root

《正式》［通例 the ～］ 根本， 根底， 根源

Idleness is the root of all evil. ((ことわざ))怠惰は諸悪の根源だ

Money is the root of all evil. ((ことわざ))金は諸悪の根源である

*source

(物・事の)源， 源泉， 根源；(直接の)原因

*principle

〖C〗《正式》本質；根源， 本源；根本原因， 素因

**spring

〖C〗［しばしば ～s］ 源， 起源， 根源.

▲the parent of vices 諸悪の根源.

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こんげん【根源】

the root; the origin; the source; the basis 《pl. bases》; the fountainhead; 〔原因〕 the cause. [⇒こんぽん]

●諸悪の根源 the root [source] of various evils.

●(物事の)根源を究める trace sth to its origin [source]; get to the root of sth

・その紛争の根源を絶つ eradicate the root of the trouble; get rid of the basic cause of the dispute

・…の根源をなす be at the root of…; constitute the basis of…

・政治献金が政界腐敗の根源をなしている. It is political donations that lie at the root of political corruption. | The root (and origin) of corruption in politics is the system of political donations.

●流言蜚語の根源は不安感である. What lies behind [Behind] false rumors is a sense of insecurity. | Groundless rumors have their origin in [are fundamentally the result of] anxiety.