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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 元 |
もと |
(n,n-suf,n-t) (1) origin; original; (2) former |
93 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 元年 |
がんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year (of a specific reign) |
1106 |
| 地元 |
じもと |
(n) local |
1586 |
| 元号 |
げんごう |
(n) era name |
1714 |
| 元々 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
1977 |
| 祖 |
そ |
(n) ancestor; forefather; progenitor |
2581 |
| 元素 |
げんそ |
(n) chemical element |
2689 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 次元 |
じげん |
(n) dimension |
2702 |
| 祖父 |
そふ |
(n) grandfather |
3519 |
| 元気 |
げんき |
(adj-na,n) health(y); robust; vigor; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep |
3935 |
| 元禄 |
げんろく |
(n) period in the Edo era |
4808 |
| 復元 |
ふくげん |
(n,vs) restoration (to original state); reconstruction |
5266 |
| 元首 |
げんしゅ |
(n) ruler; sovereign |
5543 |
| 還元 |
かんげん |
(n,vs) resolution; reduction; return to origins |
5667 |
| 元帥 |
げんすい |
(n) (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
6008 |
| 元来 |
がんらい |
(n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally |
6344 |
| 改元 |
かいげん |
(n) change of era |
6793 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 元祖 |
がんそ |
(n) originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
7285 |
| 祖母 |
そぼ |
(n) grandmother |
7296 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 元老 |
げんろう |
(n) elder statesman; authority |
7897 |
| 始祖 |
しそ |
(n) founder; originator; pioneer |
9059 |
| 祖国 |
そこく |
(n) fatherland; native country |
9211 |
| 開祖 |
かいそ |
(n) (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor |
10937 |
| 教祖 |
きょうそ |
(n) founder of a religious sect |
12327 |
| 手元 |
てもと |
(n) (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse; (2) usual skill |
12327 |
| 家元 |
いえもと |
(n) head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
12592 |
| 元日 |
がんじつ |
(n) New Year's Day |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぶく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 元服 |
げんぷく |
(n) ceremony of attaining manhood |
12877 |
| 多元 |
たげん |
(n) pluralistic |
13595 |
| 根元 |
こんげん |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 根元 |
ねもと |
(n) origin; source; foundation; root; base; principle |
13701 |
| 高祖 |
こうそ |
(n) founder of dynasty or sect |
14101 |
| 足元 |
あしもと |
(n) (1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) gait; pace; step |
14101 |
| 販売元 |
はんばいもと |
(n) selling agency |
15733 |
| 山元 |
やまもと |
(n) owner of a mountain; a mine |
15891 |
| 元旦 |
がんたん |
(n) New Year's Day |
16747 |
| 祖父母 |
そふぼ |
(n) grandparents |
16983 |
| 元朝 |
げんちょう |
New Year's morning |
18052 |
| 身元 |
みもと |
(n) person's identity; ID; past; background |
18205 |
| 大元帥 |
だいげんすい |
(n) commander-in-chief; generalissimo |
19044 |
| 一元 |
いちげん |
(adj-no,n) unitary |
19141 |
| 元凶 |
がんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 元凶 |
げんきょう |
(n) ringleader |
19629 |
| 製造元 |
せいぞうもと |
(n) manufacturer; maker |
20004 |
| 道元 |
どうげん |
Zen monk, 1200-1253 |
20087 |
| 元本 |
がんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 元本 |
げんぽん |
(n) principal (invest.); capital |
20242 |
| 二元論 |
にげんろん |
(n) dualism |
20510 |
| 一元化 |
いちげんか |
(n) unification; centralization |
20712 |
| 祖語 |
そご |
(n) a parent language |
20854 |
| 祖師 |
そし |
(n) founder of a sect |
20989 |
| 宗祖 |
しゅうそ |
(n) sect founder |
21792 |
| 地元民 |
じもとみん |
(n) local people |
22001 |
| 中元 |
ちゅうげん |
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts |
22687 |
| 口元 |
くちもと |
(n) the mouth; shape of the mouth; near an entrance |
23635 |
| 曾祖父 |
そうそふ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひいじじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひおうじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 曾祖父 |
ひじじ |
(n) great-grandfather |
23750 |
| 元通り |
もとどおり |
(adj-na,n-t) as before; as ever |
24029 |
| 版元 |
はんもと |
(n) publisher |
24291 |
| 隠元 |
いんげん |
(n) beans |
24551 |
| 父祖 |
ふそ |
(n) ancestors |
24627 |
| 元締 |
もとじめ |
(n) controller; manager |
25041 |
| 外祖父 |
がいそふ |
(n) maternal grandfather |
25491 |
| 湯元 |
ゆもと |
(n) source of a hot spring |
25554 |
| 親元 |
おやもと |
(n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home |
25630 |
| 二元 |
にげん |
(n) duality |
25705 |
| 元手 |
もとで |
(n) funds; capital; stock |
25918 |
| 胸元 |
むなもと |
(n) breast; pit of stomach |
26001 |
| 元始 |
げんし |
(n) origin |
26157 |
| 膝元 |
ひざもと |
(n) near one's knee |
26319 |
| 道祖神 |
どうそじん |
(n) traveler's guardian deity |
26578 |
| 元勲 |
げんくん |
(n) elder statesman |
26648 |
| 単元 |
たんげん |
(n) teaching unit |
26730 |
| 多次元 |
たじげん |
(n) multidimensional |
28200 |
| 遠祖 |
えんそ |
(n) forefathers; remote ancestors |
28975 |
| 紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
| 蔵元 |
くらもと |
(n) sake brewer; warehouse overseer |
28975 |
| 曾祖母 |
そうそぼ |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひいばば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひおおば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 曾祖母 |
ひばば |
(n) great-grandmother |
29086 |
| 枕元 |
まくらもと |
(n) bedside |
29410 |
| 窯元 |
かまもと |
(n) pottery |
29519 |
| 元利 |
がんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元利 |
げんり |
(n) principal and interest |
30195 |
| 元締め |
もとじめ |
(n) manager; boss; promoter |
30433 |
| 元方 |
もとかた |
(n) capitalist; wholesaler |
30552 |
| 一元論 |
いちげんろん |
(n) monism |
30832 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 高祖父 |
こうそふ |
(n) great-great-grandfather |
31368 |
| 腰元 |
こしもと |
(n) chamber maid; female servant |
31648 |
| 元金 |
がんきん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 元金 |
もときん |
(n) capital; principal |
31784 |
| 喉元 |
のどもと |
(n) throat |
31930 |
| 国元 |
くにもと |
(n) hometown; native place |
31930 |
| 目元 |
めもと |
(n) eyes; skin round one's eyes |
31930 |
| 多元的 |
たげんてき |
(adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality |
32501 |
| 元元 |
もともと |
(adv,adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start |
33282 |
| 皇祖 |
こうそ |
(n) (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire |
34580 |
| 座元 |
ざもと |
(n) theater proprietor; producer |
34580 |
| 本元 |
ほんもと |
(n) origin; main branch of family |
34761 |
| 網元 |
あみもと |
(n) head of fisherman's group or union |
35139 |
| 火元 |
ひもと |
(n) origin of a fire |
35778 |
| 勧進元 |
かんじんもと |
(n) backer; promoter |
36169 |
| 火の元 |
ひのもと |
(n) origin of fire |
36396 |
| 胴元 |
どうもと |
(n) bookmaker (in gambling); manager |
36396 |
| 襟元 |
えりもと |
(n) front of neck |
36884 |
| 元請け |
もとうけ |
(n) prime contraction or contractor |
36884 |
| 祖廟 |
そびょう |
(n) mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors |
36884 |
| 仏祖 |
ぶっそ |
(n) Founder of Buddhism |
37405 |
| 耳元 |
みみもと |
(n) close to the ear |
38280 |
| 祖宗 |
そそう |
(n) ancestors |
38280 |
| 高祖母 |
こうそぼ |
(n) great-great-grandmother |
39571 |
| 元売り |
もとうり |
(n) direct sale by the producer |
41039 |
| 元高 |
もとだか |
(n) (the) principal |
42342 |
| 隠元豆 |
いんげんまめ |
(n) kidney bean |
42893 |
| 外祖母 |
がいそぼ |
(n) maternal grandmother |
42893 |
| お祖父さん |
おじいさん |
(n) grandfather; male senior-citizen |
43447 |
| 元の木阿弥 |
もとのもくあみ |
(n) ending up right back where one started |
44061 |
| 鼻祖 |
びそ |
(n) founder; originator; introducer |
44061 |
| お祖母さん |
おばあさん |
(n) grandmother; female senior-citizen |
45436 |
| 元帳 |
もとちょう |
(n) ledger |
45436 |
| 元込め |
もとごめ |
(n) breech-loading |
46248 |
| 元栓 |
もとせん |
(n) stopcock (gas, water) |
46248 |
| 祖述 |
そじゅつ |
(n) exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines |
46248 |
| 元値 |
もとね |
(n) cost |
47205 |
| 元払い |
もとばらい |
(n) prepayment |
47205 |
| 四次元 |
しじげん |
(n) fourth dimension; four dimensions |
47205 |
| 四次元 |
よじげん |
(n) fourth dimension; four dimensions |
47205 |
| 貸し元 |
かしもと |
(n) financier; gambling boss |
47205 |
| 希元素 |
きげんそ |
(n) rare element |
48294 |
| 御中元 |
おちゅうげん |
(n) Bon festival gifts |
48294 |
| 帳元 |
ちょうもと |
(n) (business) manager |
48294 |
| 二次元 |
にじげん |
(n) two dimensions |
48294 |
| 一次元 |
いちじげん |
(n) one dimensional |
49657 |
| 空元気 |
からげんき |
(n) (mere) bravado |
49657 |
| 元兇 |
げんきょう |
(n) chief instigator; ringleader |
49657 |
| 御高祖頭巾 |
おこそずきん |
(n) kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes) |
49657 |
| 三次元 |
さんじげん |
(n) three dimensions |
49657 |
| お高祖頭巾 |
おこそずきん |
(n) kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes) |
51560 |
| お中元 |
おちゅうげん |
(n) Bon festival gifts |
51560 |
| ハロゲン族元素 |
ハロゲンぞくげんそ |
(n) halogen family elements |
51560 |
| 医学の祖 |
いがくのそ |
founder of medical science |
51560 |