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肝かん心じん

N1
かんじん kanjin
  1. essential
  2. fundamental
  3. crucial
  4. vital
  5. main
な-adjectiveの-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

关键;重要

Examples

  • なんであれ物もの事ごとの本ほん体たいを捕とらえる事ことが肝かん心じんだ。
    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。
  • 何なに事ごとも最さい初しょが肝かん心じんだよな。
    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"
  }
}