Keyword
original
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig142
Readings
げん
(56%)
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
tableland; plateau
field; plain; prairie; moor
motive power; driving force
original form; base form
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
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.
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
dry riverbed; river beach
the ocean; the great deep
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
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
burnt field; burnt area
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
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
original author (of a work)
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
reedy field
original picture; key frame; key animation
original (text)
original sin
atomic energy; nuclear power
atomic bomb; A-bomb
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
mulberry field
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
primeval forest; virgin forest
marshy grassland; wetlands
crude oil
undiluted solution (of)
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
place of origin; habitat
start; origin; beginnings
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
ice field; ice floe
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
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
nucleus; atomic nucleus
sandy plain; desert
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze
original song; original melody
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
principle of leverage
manuscript paper
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
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
nuclear power generation; nuclear electricity generation
primitive man
three primary colors (colours); trichromatic
original state
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
fundamental (basic) principles; fundamentals; ground rules
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
source, cause of an accident
stencil; template; silkworm egg sheet
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
original title
capital; principal
nuclear submarine
primeval forest; virgin forest
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
key animator; lead animator
burnt field; burnt area
fundamental idea; basic concept
original meaning
standard (for weights and measures)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
theory; principles
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
the original work
protist; protistan; protoctist
handwritten manuscript
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
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
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
root; source; origin; cause
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
pathogenicity; virulence
atomic theory; atomism
original name
original recording
original domicile; permanent address
they; those guys
operating principles
the original
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
Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)
snow-covered field
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
to go back to the starting point
country of origin (of goods)
general principles; broad principles
cause and effect; causality
(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)
woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
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)
actual size; full size
below cost (e.g. sales)
key animator; lead animator
radiation sickness
the original notes
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
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
exhibition of original images
origin of rights
the original article
unfaithful adaptation; hideous adaptation; terrible spin-off
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
negative (of a picture)
original sentence
to contribute an article
atomic physics; nuclear physics
righting moment; restoring force; stability
actors; players; (lit.) riverbank beggars
Java man; Homo erectus erectus
guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
pathogenic E. coli bacteria (i.e. Escherichia coli O157:H7)
tricolor printing; tricolour printing
reason; cause
ingredients; list of ingredients
crater floor; crater basin
principle of thought (logic)
var. of traditional Japanese paper
cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis
centromere; kinetochore
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle
pressurized water reactor; pressurised water reactor; PWR
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
wilderness; virgin land; wild land; habitat; native land
one's former grade; positive grade
motorcycle less than or equal to 125cc
base powder; bulk powder
(bulk) drug substance
smoking-free principle; no-smoking rule; smoking ban; ban on smoking
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); motorized bicycle
immaculacy (i.e. freedom from original sin); immaculateness
rock pigeon (Columba livia); rock dove
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species
nuclear power village; tight-knit community of legislators, regulators and manufacturers involved in the promotion of nuclear power
master license (recording)
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
universal principle; universal principles
the early church; the primitive church
grounds; basis
iatrogenic disease
principle of identity (logic)
prototype reactor
Ura-Hara fashion; fashion style associated with a section of the Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo
the aim (in a campaign)
original poem
principles of economics
primary benchmark (surveying); fundamental benchmark
principle of superposition; superposition principle
basal fertilizer; basal dressing; manure given at the time of planting
buckskin (horse color)
Kashiwara Station
original statue
Ōhara Station (Chiba)
primitive community; primitive (communist) society
anti-nuclear power movement; antinuclear power movement
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
original passage (in document)
to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)
fraudulent sale of worthless land (e.g. by overstating its future value)
containment vessel; reactor container (nuclear reactor)
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
group (of atoms)
Nagahara Station (Osaka)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
original court; court of first instance
the original notes
thread for weaving
nuclear(-powered) ship (vessel)
valence; valency
cost basis; cost principle
standard datum of geographic coordinates; point of origin of longitude and latitude; geodetic datum
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat
living on one's writing
Nishibara Station
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)
original spelling or kana usage; spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)
motorcycle, less than or equal to 50cc
reducing dependence on nuclear energy
principle of majority rule
equivalence principle
cost of goods sold; cost of sales; sales cost
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
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.