EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually

    元来フットボールとは、ポロのように馬に乗って行われる競技とは違って、足で、ボールを使って行われる競技のことでした。
    Football originally meant "a game played with a ball on foot" - unlike a game played on horseback, such as polo.
  2. in the first place; to begin with

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

come, due, next, cause, become

Kun
く.るきた.るきた.すき.たすき.たる
On
ライタイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
102 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

くりくるごろ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-7-3SKIP code
0a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
5090.0Four corner code
1464deroo
6765Unicode hex code
1-45-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
202Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2565New Nelson (John Haig)
3551New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4366Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2975Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1884Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2029Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
113A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
25Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14489Morohashi
217A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
69Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147sakade
62Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
237henshall3
153Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
27crowley
133Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
36Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1902Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lai2Pinyin reading
raeKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level