Meanings
Noun
1. root (of a plant)
2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
3. root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
4. one's true nature
5. (fishing) reef
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
lily bulb
Examples (9 in total)
He's a good fellow at heart.
He's a kind man at heart.
I spent my vacation in Hakone.