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本質  [ほんしつ]    meaning:  essence  rank: 2
☆ 事件の本質に迫る報道 ⇨ Journalism that approaches the essence, truth, of the incident
☆ かけではなく本質が大事だ ⇨ The important thing is the essence, not the appearance


More examples:
  • 人間の本質を見事描き出した作品 ⇨ A work that masterfully depicts the truth about human beings
  • その二つは本質的になる ⇨ Those two are fundamentally different
  • 議論問題の本質をえていない ⇨ His argument is not capturing the essence of the issue