fundamental; basic ⇒きそ(基礎),こんぽん(根本)
- 問題の根底にあるのは人種的偏見だ
- The root of the problem lies in racial prejudice./Racial prejudice is at the root [heart] of the problem.
- 個人の自由が民主主義の根底を成している
- Individual freedom forms the basis of democracy.
- 我々の考えは根底からくつがえされた
- Our theory was overturned from its very foundations.