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The basic, central, or essential point or feature. / The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. / A puzzle or difficulty. / (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.

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crux

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɹʌks/

Noun

The basic, central, or essential point or feature. / The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. / A puzzle or difficulty. / (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.

Japanese Meaning

核心：物事の基本的・本質的な部分や要点を指す。 / 本質：中心的または重要な特徴や意味合い。 / 転換点：問題の決定的な瞬間や、重要な変化が生じる局面。 / 難所：困難や挑戦のある部分。特に登攀においては、最も難しい箇所を意味する。

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The crux of the argument was whether the data accurately represented the population.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

議論の要点はデータが母集団を正確に表しているかどうかだった。

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Sense（1）

The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.

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Sense（2）

The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

The mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia "to a higher power" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doubt attendant upon most modern literary dreams.

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