肝心

肝腎

Reading

Kana: かんじん

Romaji: kanjin

Definition

adj-na

noun

adj-no

1

essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main

Kanji

肝

Readings: カン、 きも

Meanings: liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

腎

Reading: ジン

Meaning: kidney

Example Sentences

始(はじ)めが肝心(かんじん)。

➥A good beginning makes a good ending.

落(お)ち着(つ)きが肝心(かんじん)です。

➥We must keep calm.

なんであれ物事(ものごと)の本体(ほんたい)を捕(と)らえる事(こと)が肝心(かんじん)だ。

➥It is essential to get at the heart of the matter, no matter what they are.

何事(なにごと)も諦(あきら)めが肝心(かんじん)だ。

➥Resignation is the first lesson of life.

何事(なにごと)も最初(さいしょ)が肝心(かんじん)だよな。

➥Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.

肝心(かんじん)なのは何(なに)を読(よ)むかではなくて、どう読(よ)むかだ。

➥It is not what you read but how you read it that counts.