hinge, pivot, door, center of things

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1. 中枢ちゅうすうちゅうすうcentre; center; pivot; mainstay1

   • 東京とうきょうは今いまや世界せかい経済けいざいの中枢ちゅうすうだ。

     Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.

   • 私わたしはもっと敵てきの抵抗ていこうがあると踏ふんでたんだけど、むしろ中枢ちゅうすうに進すすむほど敵てきが減へってきてる・・・。おかしいと思おもわないかしら？

     I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?

2. 枢軸すうじくすうじくaxle; pivot2
3. 枢機卿すうききょうすうききょうcardinal (Catholic Church)3
4. 中枢神経ちゅうすうしんけいちゅうすうしんけいcentral nerves4

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