根

attic; loft

to frown; to squint

Common noun; Adverb (fukushi)

uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots

Common noun; As 〜にする

eradicating; rooting out

Adverb (fukushi)

all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely; entirely; thoroughly; root and branch

to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone

scruff of the neck

baseless; groundless

Idiomatic expression

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart

Followed by a verb in negative form

absolutely (not); (not) at all

to kill; to choke the life out of

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.)

Idiomatic expression

to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

Idiomatic expression

to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth

Colloquial

dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum; pessimistic

penis; phallus

deep-rooted; ingrained

primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

(mountain) ridge

foot of a rock

Poetical term

large rock, most of which is buried

root of a tooth; fang

Idiomatic expression

life

to come from; to have roots in

roots of grass; places hidden from sight

grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune