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
Kanji used
book
Pitch accent
Top 5400
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
main shrine
original stock
source of a hot spring
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
original verse poem
originally; by nature; from the start
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
trunk leaves; leaves near the base of a stem
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
fruit grown near the root
fruit grown near the root
Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
Hashimoto's disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Motoyama Station (Nagoya)
Okamoto Station (Tochigi)
Hashimoto Station (Kanagawa)
Sakamoto Station (Shiga)
Examples (8 in total)
Mr Hashimoto started the engine.
This book is smaller than that one.
This book seems more interesting than that one.