サブスタンス

noun

substance

A loanword used in technical, philosophical, or formal contexts to refer to the essential nature or material of something. Less common in everyday conversation than native equivalents like 物質 (ぶっしつ) or 本質 (ほんしつ).

• この議ぎ論ろんでは、問もん題だいのサブスタンスに焦しょう点てんを当あてるべきだ。

  In this discussion, we should focus on the substance of the issue.