元
Meanings
Noun
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
Other spellings
本素基
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
もと
もと
もと
Used in vocabulary
もとより
from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ...
Adverb
Examples89
その
The clerk died from overwork.
彼
He had no idea why his wife left him.
やって
What is done cannot be undone.
この
The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.
憲政
It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
私たち
Although we may intend to judge a person on the basis of his or her personal qualities, they are not visible at first sight.