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肝
心
かん
じん

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肝
心
かん
じん

kanjin

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Relative commonness of this word, based on various sources (incl. newspapers)
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JLPT N2
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N2
な-adj.
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
な-adj.
の-adj.
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
の-adj.
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. essential; important; crucial; vital; main

    EXAMPLE
    何事(なにごと)も最初(さいしょ)が肝心(かんじん)だよな。
    Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.

Full entry for 肝心

始
め
はじ

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beginning; start; outset; opening — 始め
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始
め
はじ

hajime

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JLPT N5
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JLPT N5

  1. beginning; start; outset; opening

    Noun (temporal)
    Noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
    Noun (temporal)
    Adv. noun
    Adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
    Adv. noun

  2. first (in line, etc.)

    Noun (common)
    Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Noun (common)

Full entry for 始め

何
事
なに
ごと

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何
事
なに
ごと

nanigoto

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. what; something; everything

  2. nothing (with neg. verb)

  3. something or other; unspecified matter

Full entry for 何事

そう
言
えば
い

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そう
言
えば
い

souieba

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Expr.
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Word usually written using kana alone
Written w/ kanji only

  1. now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

Full entry for そう言えば

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