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  1. Noun

    origin; source; beginning

    esp. 元

    憲政の危機が始まったのは、このような状況のもとであった。
    It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
  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

    see 和歌

  10. Counter

    counter for plants or trees

  11. counter for falcons (in falconry)

Also written 本【もと】素【もと】基【もと】

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もと

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, used as a prefixformer; ex-; past; one-time · earlier times; the past; previous state · formerly; previously; originally; before

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げん

Noununknown (e.g. in an equation) · element (of a set) · yuan (monetary unit of China)

ユアン

Nounyuan (monetary unit of China)

元気げんき

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounlively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited · healthy; well; fit; in good health

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元々もともと

Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature · none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

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元号げんごう

Nounname of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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元首げんしゅ

Nounsovereign; ruler; head of state

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元帥げんすい

Noun(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

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元祖がんそ

Nounoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founder · progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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元旦がんたん

NounNew Year's Day; first day of the year · New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

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元日がんじつ

NounNew Year's Day

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元年がんねん

Nounfirst year (of an imperial era) · year something (important) first happened or began

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元本がんぽん

Nounprincipal; capital · income-producing assets

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元来がんらい

Adverb (fukushi)originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually · in the first place; to begin with

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元老げんろう

Nounelder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority · genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

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元禄げんろく

NounGenroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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元凶げんきょう

Nounringleader; main culprit · main cause; source

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元金がんきん

Nounprincipal · capital; seed money

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元素げんそ

Nounelement; chemical element · (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire) · origin; source

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元よりもとより

Adverb (fukushi)from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally · of course · not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ...

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元気旺盛げんきおうせい

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life

元気百倍げんきひゃくばい

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounextremely healthy; lively; in good spirits

元気いっぱいげんきいっぱい

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb (fukushi), Nounbrimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health

元気はつらつげんきはつらつ

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep

元も子もないもともこもない

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

元気モリモリげんきモリモリ

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep

元悪げんあく

Nounhead gangster

元勲げんくん

Nounelder statesman

元軍げんぐん

NounYuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military

元三がんざん

NounNew Year's period (January 1 to 3)

元始げんし

Nounorigin

元手もとで

Nouncapital; funds; seed money · asset

元栓もとせん

Nounstopcock (gas, water); main valve; main tap; stop tap

元値もとね

Nouncost

元帳もとちょう

Nounledger

元朝がんちょう

NounNew Year's morning

元標げんぴょう

Nounzero milestone

元寇げんこう

NounMongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)

元服げんぷく

Noun, Suru verbmale coming-of-age-ceremony · shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

元利がんり

Nounprincipal and interest

元高もとだか

Nounprincipal (e.g. in a loan)

元歌もとうた

Nounoriginal song

元はもとは

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)originally

元職もとしょく

Nounformer job; former position

元いもとい

Interjection (kandoushi)as you were; return to your original position! · er, rather

元慶がんぎょう

NounGangyō era (877.4.16-885.2.21); Genkei era

元永げんえい

NounGen'ei era (1118.4.3-1120.4.10)

元暦げんりゃく

NounGenryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)

元久げんきゅう

NounGenkyū era (1204.2.20-1206.4.27)