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Japanese
Etymology
Of 根 (ne, “root”) + こ (-ko, “object, part”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ねっこ • (nekko) ←ねつこ (netuko)?
- root (of a plant); (frequently) tree roots above the surface of the ground
- Synonym: 根 (ne)
1937, Kanehara Shōgo, Kōsō no kenkyū, page 201:
- たださむそうにぼんやりして、木のねっこには真白な雪がつもって、あをいかわいらしいはっぱがところどころにみえるばかりです。
- Tada samusō ni bon'yari shite, ki no nekko ni wa masshiro na yuki ga tsumotte, aoi kawairashī happa ga tokorodokoro ni mieru bakari desu.
- It’s just a bit cold, the roots of the trees covered in white snow, and pretty little green leaves are beginning to appear here and there.
- root (of an issue), foundation, origin
- Synonyms: 大本 (ōmoto, taihon), 根源 (kongen), 根本 (konpon, nemoto)
2017, Asogawa Shizuo, Yo ni mo osoroshii Chugoku-jin no senryaku shiko [Extremely surprising ways Chinese people think], page 6:
- 現在中国の抱えている問題の多くは、なにも最近になって初めて噴出してきたのではないこと知ると、問題の根っこは「共産党」や「一党独裁」にあるのではないことが分かる。
- Genzai Chūgoku no kakaeteiru mondai no ōku wa, nanimo saikin ni natte hajimete funshutsu shitekita no de wa nai koto shiru to, mondai no nekko wa “Kyōsantō” ya “ittō dokusai” ni aru no de wa nai koto ga wakaru.
- Knowing that many of the problems China faces today are not of recent origin, we can understand that the roots of the problems do not lie with the “Communist Party” or “one-party rule”.
See also
References
- ^ “根子”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN