| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 根回し | ねまわし | laying the groundwork |
| 屋根 | やね | a roof |
| 垣根 | かきね | hedge |
| 根 | ね | root |
| 歯根 | しこん | dental root |
| 羽根 | はね | shuttlecock |
| 塊根 | かいこん | tuberous root |
| 尾根 | おね | (mountain) ridge, spur |
| 島根 | しまね | island country |
| 根堀り葉堀り | ねほりはほり | thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through |
| 根幹 | こんかん | basis, nucleus, root and branch |
| 根底 | こんてい | root, basis, foundation |
| 根拠 | こんきょ | basis, foundation |
| 根拠地 | こんきょち | base (of operations) |
| 根本 | こんぽん, こんげん, ねもと | root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle |
| 根本的 | こんぽんてき | fundamental, basic |
| 根源 | こんぽん, こんげん, ねもと | root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle |
| 根絶 | こんぜつ | eradication, extermination |
| 禍根 | かこん | root of evil |
| 茜の根 | あかねのね | madder root |
| 草の根 | くさのね | grassroots, rank and file, the roots of grass |
| 蓮根 | れんこん | lotus root |