► 動詞
突き詰める [(4)つきつめる] meaning: essence rank: 3
☆ 突き詰めて言えば… ⇨ Ultimately speaking … At the very core of the matter …
► 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
☆ 見かけではなく本質が大事だ ⇨ The important thing is the essence, not the appearance
本質的 [ほんしつてき] meaning: essence rank: 2
☆ その二つは本質的に異なる ⇨ Those two are fundamentally different
要領 [(3)ようりょう] [要領を得る] meaning: essence rank: 2
☆ 彼の返答は要領を得ない ⇨ His response doesn’t clarify what it really means. It doesn’t make much sense
真髄 [しんずい] meaning: essence rank: 4
☆ 日本酒の真髄 ⇨ The essence, the best property, of Japanese sake