[ね, ne] (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) { math } root; (4) { Buddh } indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)#3528
[すんぜんしゃくま, sunzenshakuma] (exp) in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen