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Meanings
Prefix
1. original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Kanji used
original
Pitch accent
Top 9000
Used in vocabulary (138 in total)
cause; origin; source
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
principle; theory; fundamental truth
plain; moor; prairie
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
original work
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
tableland; plateau
raw materials
original form; base form
motive power; driving force
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
cost price
original picture; key frame; key animation
original author (of a work)
original text
raw materials; ingredients
original (text)
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
marshy grassland; wetlands
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
original sin
atomic bomb; A-bomb
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
undiluted solution (of)
place of origin; habitat
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
stencil; template; silkworm egg sheet
standard (for weights and measures)
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
original song; original melody
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
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)
primitive man
original state
theory; principles
original meaning
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
original title
the original work
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
capital; principal
protist; protistan; protoctist
original recording
protoplasm; plasma
formative experience (from one's youth)
root; source; origin; cause
original name
original domicile; permanent address
the original
original meaning
(classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
the original notes
original drawing
fundamental tone
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
actual size; full size
original judgement; judgment in prior instance
the field; the parade ground
exhibition of original images
origin of rights
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
wilderness; virgin land; wild land; habitat; native land
centromere; kinetochore
crater floor; crater basin
one's former grade; positive grade
base powder; bulk powder
(bulk) drug substance
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
original statue
iatrogenic disease
original poem
the original notes
original court; court of first instance
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
original passage (in document)
thread for weaving
same origin
Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine)
fundamental vibration
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
source of infection
underlying work; original work
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
original fabric; whole cloth
spermatogonial
output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity
original judgment; original judgement
unrefined sugar
original source of re-established family register; old family register
raw fibers; raw fibres; minute fibers; minute fibres
Examples (2 in total)
We go to Odawara castle.
Which train is bound for Odawara?