THE WORD · N3
元
origin
Noun · Counter
口は災いの元。
The language is the source of many evils.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: KK_kaku_ · French : Selenyt
Parts of speech
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The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Close or Related Words
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- 和歌 — poem of 31 syllables Source
English dictionary meanings
- origin
- source
- beginning
- basis
- base
- foundation
- root
- cause
- (raw) material
- ingredient
- mix (e.g. for a cake)
- (soup) stock
- (one's) side
- capital
- principal
- cost price
- root (of a plant)
- (tree) trunk
- part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
- first three lines of a waka