中枢 (chuusuu)
centre, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, backbone, central figure, pillar, key man
- JLPT N1
Meaning
中枢 (ちゅうすう, chuusuu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “centre, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, backbone, central figure, pillar, key man”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 2
東京は今や世界経済の中枢だ。
Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.
私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？
I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?