► 名詞本質 [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
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見かけではなく本質が
大事だ ⇨ The important thing is the essence, not the appearance
More examples:- 人間の本質を見事に描き出した作品 ⇨ A work that masterfully depicts the truth about human beings
- その二つは本質的に異なる ⇨ Those two are fundamentally different
- 彼の議論は問題の本質を捉えていない ⇨ His argument is not capturing the essence of the issue