• 根ね

  root (of a plant)

• 根底こんてい

  root, basis, foundation

• 根源こんげん

  root, source, origin, cause

• 根気こんき

  patience, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, energy

• 根本こんぽん

  root, source, origin

• 根幹こんかん

  foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals

• 根拠こんきょ

  basis, grounds, foundation, reason, authority

• 根絶こんぜつ

  eradication, extermination, rooting out, stamping out, getting rid of

• 根性こんじょう

  willpower, guts, determination, grit, spirit

• 大根だいこん

  daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

• 禍根かこん

  root of an evil, source of a problem, source of trouble, cause of misfortune

• 島根しまね

  Shimane (prefecture)

• 屋根やね

  roof

• 垣根かきね

  hedge, fence

• 尾根おね

  (mountain) ridge

• 根本的こんぽんてき

  fundamental, basic

• 根強いねづよい

  firmly rooted, deep-seated

• 根ざすねざす

  to come from, to have roots in

• 根っこねっこ

  root (of a plant)

• 根回しねまわし

  laying the groundwork, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, consensus-building process

• 草の根くさのね

  roots of grass, places hidden from sight

• 付け根つけね

  root, joint, base, crotch

• 事実無根じじつむこん

  groundless, entirely contrary to fact

• 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり

  inquisitively, pryingly, nosily, thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through

• 根こん

  stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence

• 根太ねだ

  joist

• 根株ねかぶ

  stump

• 根際ねき

  (one's) side

• 根矢ねや

  arrowhead

• 根基こんき

  radical

• 根冠こんかん

  root cap

• 根太ねぶと

  (skin) boil

• 根毛こんもう

  root hair

• 根来ねごろ

  Negoro lacquerware

• 根鉢ねばち

  root clump

• 根管こんかん

  root canal

• 根圏こんけん

  rhizosphere

• 根雪ねゆき

  lingering snow

• 根物ねもの

  root vegetable

• 根粒こんりゅう

  root nodule

• 根音こんおん

  root (of a chord)

• 根菜こんさい

  root vegetable

• 根方ねかた

  root, lower part

• 根号こんごう

  radical sign, root sign

• 根茎こんけい

  rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock

• 根治こんじ

  complete cure, radical cure, complete recovery

• 根魚ねうお

  non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)

• 根深ねぶか

  Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum), green onion, spring onion, scallion

• 根城ねじろ

  stronghold, citadel

• 根笹ねざさ

  dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)