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Meanings
Prefix
1. original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (135 in total)
cost price
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
tableland; plateau
place of origin; habitat
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
cause; origin; source
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
plain; moor; prairie
original meaning
root; source; origin; cause
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
principle; theory; fundamental truth
original text
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
the original work
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
original picture; key frame; key animation
marshy grassland; wetlands
motive power; driving force
atomic bomb; A-bomb
same origin
fundamental tone
actual size; full size
base powder; bulk powder
aborigines
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
original work
raw materials
original form; base form
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
original author (of a work)
raw materials; ingredients
original (text)
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
blastopore
original sin
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
undiluted solution (of)
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
stencil; template; silkworm egg sheet
standard (for weights and measures)
original song; original melody
antigen
one's home unit
key animator; lead animator
refined sake not diluted in water; undiluted sake; unblended whisky (whiskey)
original word; original language
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
primitive man
original state
theory; principles
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
original title
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
capital; principal
protist; protistan; protoctist
minefield
original recording
protoplasm; plasma
formative experience (from one's youth)
minefield
original name
original domicile; permanent address
the original
original meaning
the original notes
original drawing
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
original judgement; judgment in prior instance
the field; the parade ground
origin of rights
exhibition of original images
flood plain
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
original source
crater floor; crater basin
one's former grade; positive grade
centromere; kinetochore
wilderness; virgin land; wild land; habitat; native land
(bulk) drug substance
prokaryote; procaryote
raw water
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
original poem
original statue
iatrogenic disease
prokaryotic cell
original passage (in document)
original court; court of first instance
primary product
thread for weaving
raw cotton
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
original image
original judgment; original judgement
fundamental vibration
raw fibers; raw fibres; minute fibers; minute fibres
unrefined sugar
raw wool
source of infection
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
original source of re-established family register; old family register
Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine)
proturans
prototherians
output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity
archenteron
spermatogonial
original fabric; whole cloth
glycogen
underlying work; original work
Examples (2 in total)
We go to Odawara castle.
Which train is bound for Odawara?