Shirabe
  • adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
I-adj Noun Noun
English JMdict (multilingual)
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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'noun (common) (futsuumeishi) (most) important;principal;pivotal;key;cardinal
Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.

漢字 kanji used

hinge, pivot 8画 need, main point 9画