抜本(ばっぽん)

抜本(ばっぽん) means addressing something at its root or fundamentally.

Etymology

• 抜(ばつ): To pull out, extract
• 本(ぽん): Root, origin

Literal meaning: "pulling out the root" - addressing the fundamental cause.

Most common form

Usually appears as 抜本的(ばっぽんてき) (na-adjective form).

Common collocations

• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき)な改革(かいかく) (fundamental reform)
• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき)な対策(たいさく) (drastic measures)
• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき)な見直(みなお)し (fundamental review)
• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき)に解決(かいけつ)する (to solve radically)
• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき)な変革(へんかく) (fundamental transformation)

Similar words

• 抜本的(ばっぽんてき) (fundamental - addresses root cause)
• 対症(たいしょう)療法(りょうほう)的(てき) (symptomatic - only addresses symptoms)

Related words

• 根本的(こんぽんてき) (fundamental - similar meaning)
• 抜本塞源(ばっぽんそくげん) (to uproot completely - idiom)

Register: Formal. Common in news, politics, and business contexts.