首根っこ

くびねっこ

the scruff or nape of the neck

根っ子

ねっこ

root, stub, stump

根っ木

ねっき

children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

根こそぎ

ねこそぎ

uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots

根っから

ねっから

by nature, from the very beginning, through and through, at heart

根

こん ね

root (of a plant)

根っ木打ち

ねっきうち

children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

赤こっこ

あかこっこ アカコッコ

Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops)

こけこっこう

コケコッコー こけっこう こけこっこ こけこっこう

cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters)

側根

そっこん

lateral root

根笹

ねざさ

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

根鉢

ねばち

root clump

根石

ねいし

base-stone, plinth stone, stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

根明

ねあか

innate cheerfulness

菌根

きんこん

mycorrhizae

歯根

しこん

root of a tooth, fang

根本

ねほん こんげん ねもと こんぽん こん ぽん

root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle

球根

きゅうこん

(plant) bulb

巨根

きょこん

large penis