Noun
やね
来年、屋根をしゅう理する必要があります。
We have to fix our roof next year.
屋根にあなが開いているので、雨もりしてるんですよ。
It's leaking because we have a hole in our roof.
お昼までに屋根の雪を取り除いて下さい。
Please clear the snow off the roof by noon.
The root of your roof is still your roof. If it helps, imagine roots growing out of your roof. They protect you from the rain.
This word uses the kun'yomi readings. The kun'yomi for 根 is ね. For a mnemonic, we'll use the sound a horse makes, neigh (ね). Why is the horse neigh-ing? It's stuck on the roof.