元 – Vocabulary details

元もと

Meanings

Noun

1. origin; source

usu. 元

2. base; basis; foundation; root

esp. 基

3. cause

also 因, 原

4. ingredient; material

esp. 素

5. (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location

6. original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)

7. (plant) root; (tree) trunk

8. first section of a waka

9. handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

Alt. forms

Kanji used

元

origin

Pitch accent

も

と

も

と

Used in: 5522

Used in vocabulary (131 in total)

口くち元もと

mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

足あし元もと

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

胸むな元もと

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

128 more...

Examples (13 in total)

元もとの場ば所しょに戻もどしといて。

Put it back where it was.

これが混こん乱らんの元もとです。

This is the source of the confusion.

元もといた場ば所しょに戻もどりなさい。

Just go back to where you came from.