肝心
N1かんじん kanjin
- essential
- fundamental
- crucial
- vital
- main
な-adjectiveの-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
关键;重要
Examples
- なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.无论什么事,抓住本质很重要。
- 何事も最初が肝心だよな。Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.做什么事开头都很重要。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a8c2f09a8d'); // 肝心
{
"id": "a8c2f09a8d",
"word": "肝心",
"reading": "かんじん",
"romaji": "kanjin",
"meanings": [
"essential",
"fundamental",
"crucial",
"vital",
"main"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"adj-no",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1590870,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。",
"furigana": "なんであれ{物事|ものごと}の{本体|ほんたい}を{捕|と}らえる{事|こと}が{肝心|かんじん}だ。",
"en": "No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.",
"tatoeba_id": 198948
},
{
"ja": "何事も最初が肝心だよな。",
"furigana": "{何事|なにごと}も{最初|さいしょ}が{肝心|かんじん}だよな。",
"en": "Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.",
"tatoeba_id": 187477
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "aa4b61845b1543f8b5b41af13723e9c543e0e7776648b4d8acca4e0f58f1f2f6",
"meanings": [
"关键",
"重要"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。",
"zh": "无论什么事,抓住本质很重要。"
},
{
"ja": "何事も最初が肝心だよな。",
"zh": "做什么事开头都很重要。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a8c2f09a8d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1590870; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "e1b036e79b3c121a91c60703c4b2bf19802aaf3aaf26c72184fded892841aec5",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}