Keyword
original
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig142
Readings
げん
(55%)
げい
(19%)
はら
(12%)
わら
(7%)
ばら
(3%)
Composed of
cliff
white
small
Mnemonic

The original way that cliff looked like was very white and small. Over time the raging winds and the constant rain made it a lot larger, and a lot dirtier.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
wish
source
???
honest
Used in vocabulary (628 in total)
cause; origin; source
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
principle; theory; fundamental truth
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
dry riverbed; river beach
plain; moor; prairie
original work
primitive; original
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
raw materials
field; plain; prairie; moor
tableland; plateau
motive power; driving force
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
original form; base form
origin; source; beginning; starting point
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
ocean; sea; the deep
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
dry riverbed; river beach
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
the ocean; the great deep
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
field of bamboo grass
raw materials; ingredients
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
burnt field; burnt area
cost price
nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
open field; empty lot; plain
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
original text
the original; original copy; script
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
original author (of a work)
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
reedy field
original picture; key frame; key animation
original (text)
original sin
atomic bomb; A-bomb
atomic energy; nuclear power
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
mulberry field
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
crude oil
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
marshy grassland; wetlands
undiluted solution (of)
primeval forest; virgin forest
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
place of origin; habitat
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
start; origin; beginnings
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
ice field; ice floe
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
field of bamboo grass
origin; beginning; source; rise
sandy plain; desert
original song; original melody
nucleus; atomic nucleus
agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
manuscript paper
principle of leverage
one's home unit
original word; original language
early; primitive; primordial
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
primitive man
nuclear power generation; nuclear electricity generation
three primary colors (colours); trichromatic
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
original state
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
source, cause of an accident
stencil; template; silkworm egg sheet
fundamental (basic) principles; fundamentals; ground rules
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
original title
capital; principal
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
burnt field; burnt area
primeval forest; virgin forest
key animator; lead animator
original meaning
nuclear submarine
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
fundamental idea; basic concept
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
theory; principles
the original work
protist; protistan; protoctist
standard (for weights and measures)
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
handwritten manuscript
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
formative experience (from one's youth)
refined sake not diluted in water; undiluted sake; unblended whisky (whiskey)
principal raw material; main raw material
actual size; full size
principle of leverage
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
abandoning nuclear power generation
protoplasm; plasma
Hara Station
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
root; source; origin; cause
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
pathogenicity; virulence
atomic theory; atomism
original name
original recording
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
original domicile; permanent address
they; those guys
the original
operating principles
early Christianity; 1st and 2nd century Christianity
spacious country
beggar; derelict; player; actor; actress
plaintiff group; plaintiffs
ledger; original record; register
to go back to the starting point
Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)
original meaning
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
snow-covered field
to go back to the starting point
country of origin (of goods)
general principles; broad principles
cause and effect; causality
Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
(classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
original drawing
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
fundamental tone
the sky; the heavens
Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)
below cost (e.g. sales)
key animator; lead animator
radiation sickness
wide plain or field
wide plain or field
cost of raw materials; raw material cost
International Atomic Energy Agency; IAEA
malaria-causing protozoan (i.e. plasmodium)
(one's) domicile
the field; the parade ground
nuclear power facility; NPF; nuclear facility; nuclear installation
the nobility; man
fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion
actual size; full size
the original notes
atomic-bomb sickness; symptoms of radiation sickness caused by an atomic-bomb (i.e. high fever, nausea); illness caused by atomic-bomb radiation exposure (e.g. leukemia, malignant tumors)
original judgement; judgment in prior instance
origin of rights
exhibition of original images
the original article
unfaithful adaptation; hideous adaptation; terrible spin-off
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
negative (of a picture)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
original sentence
atomic physics; nuclear physics
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
righting moment; restoring force; stability
to contribute an article
actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars
pathogenic E. coli bacteria (i.e. Escherichia coli O157:H7)
tricolor printing; tricolour printing
guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
reason; cause
Java man; Homo erectus erectus
crater floor; crater basin
one's former grade; positive grade
cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis
wilderness; virgin land; wild land; habitat; native land
pressurized water reactor; pressurised water reactor; PWR
centromere; kinetochore
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
var. of traditional Japanese paper
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition
ingredients; list of ingredients
smoking-free principle; no-smoking rule; smoking ban; ban on smoking
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle
motorcycle less than or equal to 125cc
principle of thought (logic)
(bulk) drug substance
immaculacy (i.e. freedom from original sin); immaculateness
base powder; bulk powder
master license (recording)
nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
universal principle; universal principles
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
rock pigeon (Columba livia); rock dove
buckskin (horse color)
primitive community; primitive (communist) society
Ura-Hara fashion; fashion style associated with a section of the Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo
original statue
principle of superposition; superposition principle
basal fertilizer; basal dressing; manure given at the time of planting
the aim (in a campaign)
prototype reactor
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
principles of economics
the early church; the primitive church
primary benchmark (surveying); fundamental benchmark
Kashiwara Station
Ōhara Station (Chiba)
original poem
principle of identity (logic)
anti-nuclear power movement; antinuclear power movement
grounds; basis
iatrogenic disease
nuclear(-powered) ship (vessel)
living on one's writing
principle of majority rule
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
original court; court of first instance
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)
original passage (in document)
to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)
motorcycle, less than or equal to 50cc
the original notes
fraudulent sale of worthless land (e.g. by overstating its future value)
original spelling or kana usage; spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)
group (of atoms)
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
cost basis; cost principle
valence; valency
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
Nagahara Station (Osaka)
cost of goods sold; cost of sales; sales cost
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
equivalence principle
thread for weaving
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
containment vessel; reactor container (nuclear reactor)
reducing dependence on nuclear energy
Nishibara Station
standard datum of geographic coordinates; point of origin of longitude and latitude; geodetic datum
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
same origin
Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power
principle of superposition; superposition principle
original spelling or kana usage; spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)
draft of a standard; draft standard
original judgment; original judgement
symptoms of atomic illness
tricolor printing; tricolour printing
master clock; atomic clock
fundamental vibration
raw fibers; raw fibres; minute fibers; minute fibres
unrefined sugar
plaintiff and defendant
stub (of a checkbook, chequebook)
source of infection
young lords; young samurai; young people
semantics principle
subcategorization principle; subcategorisation principle
principles and parameters approach
foot feature convention; FFP
spot (marketed) crude oil
Pauli exclusion principle; Pauli's principle
cosmological principle
light-water nuclear reactor
wilderness preservation
cost management; cost tracking
highly pathogenic avian influenza (i.e. H5N1)
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next
clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)
standing (of a legal case, e.g. whether there are grounds to prosecute)
area where a string of nuclear power plants are located
ability-to-pay principle (of taxation)
benefit principle (of taxation)
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
original source of re-established family register; old family register
antigenic determinant; epitope
Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine)
Le Chatelier's principle
Pauli exclusion principle
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
bare infinitive; root infinitive
technical paper; technical manuscript
copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc.; glass part of a scanner, copier, etc.
source module; compilation unit
source document type (of a link)
source element type (of a link)
principle of contradiction (logic)
principle of reason (logic)
language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
primitive element (of a finite field)
output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity
atomic layer epitaxy; ALE; atomic layer deposition; ALD
cost of acquisition; acquisition cost
nucleonics; nuclear engineering
nuclear-powered satellite
raw milk; fresh milk
combined earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster
spermatogonial
nuclear crisis; nuclear power-plant crisis
lysogen; bacteria carrying a prophage
Fujiwhara effect; Fujiwara effect
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
collagen fiber; collagen fibre
original fabric; whole cloth
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents
variational principle
Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764 CE)
Temps Atomique International; International Atomic Time; TAI
glycogenosis; glycogen storage disease
cold desert; arctic desert; fell-field
moving beyond nuclear energy (e.g. to renewable energy)
reducing dependence on nuclear energy
precautionary principle; precautionary approach
Harada's disease; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; VKH disease
Moon movement; Moonism; Unificationism
T antigen; tumor antigen
exclusion principle
Koch's postulates; Koch's laws
country of origin labeling; COOL
underlying work; original work
International Prototype of the Kilogram; IPK
raw milk; unpasteurized milk
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card
raw sugar; unrefined sugar
Guyuan City
Shinohara Station
Yanagihara Station (Ehime)
Matsubara Station
Kirihara Station (Niigata)
Shimagahara Station
field mushroom (Agaricus campestris); meadow mushroom
European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris); yin-chen wormwood
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris); yin-chen wormwood
Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
Bonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, extinct)
greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
Surinam cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis)
Examples (200 in total)
What is the cause of such a failure?
That's the cause of his failure.
The real problem lies in his character.