核（かく）
JLPT N2 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: nuclear
Example sentences
- 核の危険について世界が話し合う。 — The world discusses the dangers of nuclear weapons.
- 核のない世界を目指す。 — They aim for a world without nuclear weapons.
Idioms & proverbs containing “核”
- 梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる (うめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござる) — don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
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