In the opening to the popular anime Fairy tale, they say this:

> 魔法は 普通に売り買いされ 人々の生活に根づいていた。

This is translated in the subtitles as:

> Magic is traded like common goods. It has become a part of daily life, And
> there are people who use magic to make a living.

I can understand most of this, but what I'm having trouble with is the 根づいていた
part at the end. As far as I can find, the only reading of 根 that would make
sense would be ね; as in `the root of something`. So 人々の生活に根づいていた might somehow
mean that magic had become the root of the people's livelihood.

I could be completely off base. What confuses me most though, is what づいていた
might be since I have no idea what it is and can't seem to dig up any results
for a verb that looks like this.

What does it mean?
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verbs idioms anime
Meaning of 根づいていた / 根づく
根付いていた。In this case, 根 means tree's root. If tree's root grew deep into the
ground, the tree can bear against strong wind.

根付いていた means two thing are tightly coupled.

> 松の木は、強く根付くので、風に強い。

It means pine tree has deep root under the ground. therefore it has good
resistance against strong wind. (It also the pint tree and the ground are
tightly coupled.)

In general meaning

> 魔法は、人々の生活に根付いていた。

Magic and peoples daily life are tightly coupled. (because magic is widely
used in that world.)
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