真髄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 髄
しん
Grade: 3 		ずい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
眞髓 (kyūjitai)
神髄

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

真(しん)髄(ずい) • (shinzui) 

  1. (figurative): The spirit or soul of something: its essence, its true quality.
    文学(ぶんがく)の真髄(しんずい)
    bungaku no shinzui
    the spirit or essence of literature

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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