Vocabulary

What does 根拠 (こんきょ, konkyo) mean?

根拠 (こんきょ, konkyo) means grounds, basis, evidence.

Quick facts
Reading	こんきょ
Romaji	konkyo
Part of speech	noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

根拠こんきょ

N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkonkyo

grounds, basis, evidence

1noun basis; grounds; foundation
2noun base (of operations)
3noun base (of a group of stones)

Example sentences

その主張(しゅちょう)には明確(めいかく)な根拠(こんきょ)がない。
That claim has no clear grounds.
何(なに)を根拠(こんきょ)にそう言(い)えるのですか。
What grounds do you have for saying that?

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