Japanese
肝心
Kana かんじん Romaji kanjin
JLPT N1 Common word
Examples
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。
No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
Tatoeba #198948Other forms
肝腎 (rarely used kanji form)
Source
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