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本質的

Reading

Kana: ほんしつてき
Romaji: honshitsuteki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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essentially

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Example Sentences

それは本質的(ほんしつてき)時間(じかん)問題(もんだい)だ。
➥It is essentially a question of time.
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いかなる政党(せいとう)本質的(ほんしつてき)保守的(ほしゅてき)である。
➥Any political party is conservative in itself.
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それらは程度(ていど)()本質的(ほんしつてき)には(ちが)いはない。
➥They are different in degree but not in kind.
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(わたし)たちの存在(そんざい)本質的(ほんしつてき)に1つの奇跡(きせき)だ。
➥Our existence is a miracle in itself.
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人間(にんげん)歴史(れきし)本質的(ほんしつてき)には思想(しそう)歴史(れきし)である。
➥Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
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現代(げんだい)本質的(ほんしつてき)悲劇的(ひげきてき)時代(じだい)だと()われるのをよく(みみ)にする。
➥We often hear it said that ours is essentially a tragic age.
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