main point; gist; essentials; framework
Refers to the core structure or essential outline of a plan, argument, or document. Often used in formal or business settings.
Please explain the gist of the proposal.
The framework of this plan has already been decided.
This reform proposal is built around making administration more efficient.
At the meeting, they solidified the framework of the new policy.
The committee put together the main points of the report.
The minister presented the main points of the new bill.
概要 is a broader summary covering the main content, whereas 骨子 strips things down to only the bare essential framework.
趣旨 emphasizes the purpose or intent behind something, while 骨子 emphasizes its structural core or main components.
骨格 literally means a physical skeleton and is used figuratively for a structural framework, while 骨子 is used specifically for the essential gist of a plan or document.
骨子 refers to the bare skeleton or core framework of a plan, while 要綱 presents the essential points in a more organized, document-like form.
骨子 refers to the concrete core points or skeleton of an argument, while 大綱 is broader and more abstract in scope.
骨子 is a more formal, written word for the core framework of a plan or argument, whereas 要領 is used more broadly and conversationally for the gist of anything.
骸骨 means a skeleton (bones of a body), a very different, literal meaning from 骨子's abstract sense of the gist or framework of an idea, despite sharing the kanji 骨.
Composed of 骨 (bone) and 子 (suffix meaning 'element' or 'thing'), literally 'bone element', metaphorically extended to mean the framework or essential structure of something.