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

東京とうきょういま世界せかい経済けいざいちゅうすうだ。

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?