神髄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
ずい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
神髓 (kyūjitai)
真髄

Pronunciation

Noun

(しん)(ずい) • (shinzui

  1. the spirit or soul of something: its essence, its true quality
    文学(ぶんがく)神髄(しんずい)
    bungaku no shinzui
    the spirit or essence of literature

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN