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本もと

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もと
もと
Meaning
    1. ①
      origin; source; beginning
      esp. 元
      憲政けんせいの危機ききが始はじまったのは、このような状況じょうきょうのもとであった。
      It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
    2. ②
      basis; base; foundation; root
      oft. 基
      このシステムのもとでは、生徒せいとは交替こうたいで教おしえあい、お互たがいに助たすけ合あわなければなりません。
      The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.
    3. ③
      cause
      also written as 因, 原
      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.
    4. ④
      (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock
      esp. 素
    5. ⑤
      (one's) side
      Only applies to 元
      彼かれはなぜ妻つまが彼かれのもとを去さったのかわからなかった。
      He had no idea why his wife left him.
    6. ⑥
      capital; principal; cost price
      Only applies to 元
    7. ⑦
      root (of a plant); (tree) trunk
    8. ⑧
      part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
    9. ⑨
      first three lines of a waka
      See also: 和歌 (わか)
    10. ⑩
      counter for plants or trees
      Only applies to 本
    11. ⑪
      counter for falcons (in falconry)
      Only applies to 本
Kanji
本 ホン book, present, main
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本ほん

#573
Common
ほん
Meaning
    1. ①
      book; volume; script
      昨日きのうはその本ほんを８０はちじゅうページまで読よんだ。
      I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.
    2. ②
      this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
      性能せいのうのよさとデザインの優美ゆうびさが両々りょうりょう相あいまって本ほん機種きしゅの声価せいかを高たかめてきた。
      The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
    3. ③
      main; head; principal
    4. ④
      real; genuine; regular; proper
    5. ⑤
      counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
      ウイスキーを１本いっぽん持もっています。
      I have a bottle of whiskey.
    6. ⑥
      counter for films, TV shows, etc.
    7. ⑦
      counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
    8. ⑧
      sports
      counter for goals, home runs, etc.
    9. ⑨
      martial arts
      counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
    1. ①
      EN A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side.
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Kanji
本 ホン book, present, main
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もともと

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Inflections of もともと
Common
もともと
Meaning
    1. ①
      originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
      彼かれらは元々もともとあった文明ぶんめいを破壊はかいした。
      They destroyed the native civilization.
    2. ②
      none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
      usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc.
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