根ね方かた

noun

root; lower part; base

Refers to the root or lower part of something, often in a physical or figurative sense. The reading ねがた is a variant, but ねかた is more common.

• 木きの根ね方かたを掘ほり起おこす。

  Dig up the root of the tree.

• 山やまの根ね方かたに小ちいさな村むらがある。

  There is a small village at the foot of the mountain.