Word Meaning 根本

こんぼん kombon

根本 is read as こんぼん (kombon) and means foundation.

Meaning

English

  1. foundation
  2. basis
  3. essence
  4. root
  5. source
  6. origin

Reading

Kana

こんぼん

Romaji

kombon

Writing Variants

  • 根本 こんぽん kompon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 326 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

根本的

こんぽんてき

fundamental

根本原理

こんぽんげんり

fundamental (basic) principles

根本悪

こんぽんあく

radical evil (in Kantianism)

絵入り根本

えいりねほん

illustrated kabuki script

根本主義

こんぽんしゅぎ

fundamentalism

根本主義者

こんぽんしゅぎしゃ

fundamentalist

根本分裂

こんぽんぶんれつ

fundamental schism (between the early Sthaviravāda and Mahāsāṃghika Buddhist schools)

(fishing) reef

根性

こんじょう

character

根まわし

ねまわし

digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

根っ子

ねっこ

root (of a plant)

根気

こんき

patience

Example Sentences

10

It cannot be called a fundamental solution.

The government must make fundamental changes.

Let us turn now to the fundamental issue.

Air, like food, is a basic human need.

On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.

Next week, I will ask Mr Nemoto or Mr Sekiguchi to bring back the original copy.

If we don't thoroughly examine the cause of bullying, bullying will probably never go away.

The fundamental problem in arguing with a person who denies global warming is that they use erroneous logic.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Zen Buddhism is also called "Buddha's mind school" because of its basic tenet of transmitting the mind of Buddha directly from teacher to student without relying on writings or sutras.