本 – Vocabulary details

本もと

Meanings

Noun

1. origin; source

usu. 元

2. base; basis; foundation; root

esp. 基

3. cause

also 因, 原

4. ingredient; material

esp. 素

5. original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)

6. (plant) root; (tree) trunk

7. first section of a waka

Counter

8. counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)

Noun

9. handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

Alt. forms

Kanji used

本

book

Pitch accent

も

と

も

と

Used in: 1593

Used in vocabulary (25 in total)

山やま本もと

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

旗はた本もと

shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

熊くま本もと

Kumamoto (city, prefecture)

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Examples (8 in total)

橋はし本もと先せん生せいはエンジンをかけた。

Mr Hashimoto started the engine.

この本ほんはあの本もとよりも小ちいさい。

This book is smaller than that one.

あの本もとより、こっちの方ほうが面おも白しろそう。

This book seems more interesting than that one.