根ね株かぶ

noun

stump; rootstock

Refers to the base of a tree or plant left after cutting, including the roots. Used in gardening, forestry, and metaphorically for the root of a problem.

• 庭にわの古ふるい根ね株かぶを掘ほり起おこすのに苦く労ろうした。

  I struggled to dig up the old stump in the garden.

• 問もん題だいの根ね株かぶを絶たたなければ、同おなじことが繰くり返かえされるだろう。

  Unless we eliminate the root of the problem, the same thing will happen again.