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元
Kun もと
On ゲン、ガン
beginning
beginning · former time · origin
As a word 元 もと open →
- 1 origin, source, beginning — esp. 元
- 2 basis, base, foundation, root — oft. 基
- 3 cause — also written as 因, 原
- 4 (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock — esp. 素
- 5 (one's) side
- 6 capital, principal, cost price
- 7 root (of a plant), (tree) trunk
- 8 part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
- 9 first three lines of a waka
- 10 counter for plants or trees
- 11 counter for falcons (in falconry)
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
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Appears in words · 39, most common first
元気 げんき lively元 もと origin元々 もともと originally地元 じもと home area身元 みもと (one's) identity足元 あしもと at one's feet元年 がんねん first year (of an imperial era)次元 じげん dimension手元 てもと at hand元より もとより from the beginning復元 ふくげん restoration (to the original state or location)還元 かんげん restoration元老 げんろう elder statesman元素 げんそ element紀元 きげん era紀元前 きげんぜん pre-era一元 いちげん single element元来 がんらい originally元帥 げんすい (field) marshal耳元 みみもと close to the ear元禄 げんろく Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)元本 がんぽん principal元旦 がんたん New Year's Day家元 いえもと head of a school (of music, dance)元祖 がんそ originator元凶 げんきょう ringleader元首 げんしゅ sovereign３次元 さんじげん three dimensions一元化 いちげんか unification元金 がんきん principal元日 がんじつ New Year's Day中元 ちゅうげん 15th day of the 7th lunar month襟元 えりもと (around the) neckお中元 おちゅうげん mid-year gift元号 げんごう name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)多元的 たげんてき pluralistic窯元 かまもと pottery (i.e. the place)開発元 かいはつもと developer (of software, video games, etc.)人民元 じんみんげん renminbi (currency of China)