centre; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man
Example sentences
私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？
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?