元

Meanings

1. Noun

   origin; source; beginning

2. Noun

   basis; base; foundation; root

3. Noun

   cause

4. Noun

   (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock

5. Noun

   (one's) side

6. Noun

   capital; principal; cost price

7. Noun

   root (of a plant); (tree) trunk

8. Noun

   part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)

9. Noun

   first three lines of a waka

10. Counter

    counter for plants or trees

11. Counter

    counter for falcons (in falconry)

Kanji in this word

• 元

Example sentences

• やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

  What is done cannot be undone.

  Lo que está hecho no se puede deshacer.

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• その事務員じむいんは過労かろうがもとで死しんだ。

  The clerk died from overwork.

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