核
核

nucleus, core, kernel

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核かくNounFreq #6426
1

stone (of a fruit); pit; pip

2

core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart

3

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

nuclear weapons

Examples
この核時代にあっては、世界中どこの国だって安全ではない。
No country under the sun is safe in this nuclear age.
4

Physics

nucleus (of an atom)

5

Biology

nucleus (of a cell)

6

Meteorology

condensation nucleus

7

Astronomy

(planetary) core

8

Chemistry

ring (in a cyclic compound)

9

Mathematics

kernel; core

10

nucleus (of a cultured pearl)

核心かくしんNounFreq #12621
1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

Examples
これがその問題の核心である。
This is the core of the problem.
中核ちゅうかくNounFreq #20912
1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

核兵器かくへいきNounFreq #33122
1

nuclear weapon

Examples
その戦争は日本人の核兵器に対する見方に影響を与えた。
The war affected the way the Japanese view nuclear weapons.
陰核いんかくNounFreq #38878
1

Anatomy

clitoris

結核けっかくNounFreq #39506
1

Medicine

tuberculosis; TB

Examples
何年か前には、結核にかかっていると知らされることは死の宣告を聞くのに等しかった。
Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
2

Geology

concretion

核爆弾かくばくだんNounFreq #48959
1

nuclear bomb

核ミサイルかくミサイルNounFreq #50550
1

nuclear missile

Examples
それは核ミサイルをボタン一つで操作し合う戦争になるだろう。
It will be a push-button war of nuclear missiles.
核心に触れるかくしんにふれるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #52406
1

to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

核戦争かくせんそうNounFreq #53052
1

nuclear warfare

Examples
仮に核戦争が起こったとすれば、人類は滅亡するだろう。
If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
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