beginning, former time, origin

words containing 元

• 元気げんき lively, full of spirit, energetic, vigorous, vital, spirited
• 元もと origin, source, beginning
• 足元あしもと at one's feet, underfoot, one's step (as in "watch your step")
• 元々もともと originally, from the start, from the beginning, from the outset, by nature
• 地元じもと home area, home town
• 手元てもと at hand, on hand, nearby, close at hand
• 口元くちもと mouth, lips
• 耳元みみもと close to the ear
• 胸元むなもと breast, chest
• 次元じげん dimension
• 根元こんげん root, source, origin, cause
• 元通もとどおり as before, as ever, as it was originally
• 身元みもと (one's) identity, background, upbringing, birth (and parentage)
• 元凶げんきょう ringleader, main culprit
• 枕元まくらもと bedside, near one's pillow
• 元気げんきよく cheerfully, spiritedly, vigorously, lively
• 喉元のどもと throat
• 元気げんきづける to pep up, to cheer up
• 復元ふくげん restoration (to the original state or location), reconstruction, restitution
• 元もとより from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally
• 襟元えりもと (around the) neck, nape
• 元来がんらい originally, essentially, naturally, by nature, really, actually
• 二次元にじげん two dimensions
• 還元かんげん restoration, return
• 元手もとで capital, funds, seed money
• 空元気からげんき putting on a brave face, put-on cheeriness, pretending one is fine, show of courage, bravado, Dutch courage
• 元素げんそ element, chemical element
• 元祖がんそ originator, pioneer, inventor, founder
• 元締もとじめ manager, controller, administrator
• 親元おやもと one's parents' home
• 元旦がんたん New Year's Day, first day of the year
• 火元ひもと origin of a fire
• 元年がんねん first year (of an imperial era)
• 紀元前きげんぜん pre-era, BC, BCE
• 元帥げんすい (field) marshal, (fleet) admiral, general of the army
• 腰元こしもと chamber maid, female servant