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肝心 (かんじん): essential, fundamental, crucial — Japanese vocabulary

肝心 is read かんじん and means "essential, fundamental, crucial". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

肝心

Reading
かんじん · kanjin
Translation
essential, fundamental, crucial
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
かんじんが

Example

なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。

なんであれものごとのほんたいをとらえることがかんじんだ。

No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.

Kanji in this word

  • 肝 — Liver, Pluck, Nerve
  • 心 — heart, mind

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