中ちゅう枢すう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

center; hub; core; pivot

Refers to the central or most important part of an organization, system, or activity; often used in political, economic, or administrative contexts.

彼かれは党とうの中ちゅう枢すうで活かつ躍やくしている。

He is active at the center of the party.

この都と市しは経けい済ざいの中ちゅう枢すうを担になっている。

This city plays a central role in the economy.

2

noun

central nervous system

Used almost exclusively in the compound 中枢神経系 (central nervous system); rarely appears alone in this sense.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の中ちゅう枢すうを担になうto serve as the core/hub of an organization
この省しょう庁ちょうは政せい府ふの中ちゅう枢すうを担になっている。
This ministry serves as the core of the government.
中ちゅう枢すうに位い置ちするto be positioned at the center/core
この部ぶ署しょは会かい社しゃの中ちゅう枢すうに位い置ちする。
This department is positioned at the core of the company.
中ちゅう枢すうを成なすto constitute the core/hub of something
首しゅ都とは国こっ家かの中ちゅう枢すうを成なしている。
The capital constitutes the core of the nation.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
枢hinge, pivot, door

Related words

中ちゅう心しんN3sense 1
中心 is a general word for a physical or abstract center, while 中枢 specifically emphasizes the functional control core of an organization or system.
核かく心しんN1sense 1
核心 refers to the very heart or essence of a matter, whereas 中枢 refers to the central operating part of a structure or system.
要かなめN1sense 1
要 points to a single crucial element that holds something together, while 中枢 refers to the whole functional control center of a system.
基き幹かん
中枢 highlights a central control point (often biological or organizational), while 基幹 stresses the structural backbone that supports a whole system.
中ちゅう核かくN1
中枢 emphasizes a controlling nerve-center function (as in a nervous system or command structure), while 中核 emphasizes being the core building block of a group.

Opposites

末まっ端たんN1sense 1
末端 refers to the periphery or outer edge of an organization or system, the opposite of the controlling core meant by 中枢.

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Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 中 (middle, center) and 枢 (pivot, hinge). The combination conveys the idea of a central pivot or axis around which things revolve.

嘔おう吐と中ちゅう枢すう

vomiting center; area postrema

摂せっ食しょく中ちゅう枢すう

feeding center (of the brain)

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権けん力りょく中ちゅう枢すう
centre of power; power centre
満まん腹ぷく中ちゅう枢すう
satiety center
神しん経けい中ちゅう枢すう
nerve centre; nerve center
聴ちょう覚かく中ちゅう枢すう
auditory center (of the brain)
言げん語ご中ちゅう枢すう
language center (brain)

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