元 — beginning, former time, origin

Common words with 元

• 地元じもとhome area; home townCommon

  これらの商品の中には、地元では手に入らないものもあるかもしれない。
  These goods may not be available locally.

• 元もとorigin; source; beginningCommon

  憲政の危機が始まったのは、このような状況のもとであった。
  It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.

• 元首げんしゅsovereign; ruler; head of stateCommon
• 元気げんきlively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spiritedCommon
• 元日がんじつNew Year's DayCommon
• 身元みもと(one's) identity; background; upbringing; birth (and parentage)Common
• 足元あしもとat one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")Common
• 還元かんげんrestoration; returnCommon
• 元年がんねんfirst year (of an imperial era)Common
• 次元じげんdimensionCommon
• 手元てもとat hand; on hand; nearby; close at handCommon
• 一元いちげんsingle element; unitaryCommon
• 元本がんぽんprincipal; capitalCommon
• 中元ちゅうげん15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festivalCommon
• 復元ふくげんrestoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitutionCommon
• 一元化いちげんかunification; centralization; centralisationCommon
• 元祖がんそoriginator; pioneer; inventor; founderCommon
• 元凶げんきょうringleader; main culpritCommon
• 元帥げんすい(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the armyCommon
• 元来がんらいoriginally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actuallyCommon

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