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

神(しん)髄(ずい) (shinzui)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) しんずい [shíꜜǹzùì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩn(d͡)zɨᵝi]

Noun

真(しん)髄(ずい) • (shinzui)

(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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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