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View 元 kanji details →Results for “元”
origin, source; base, basis, foundation, root; cause
yuan (monetary unit of China)
former, ex-, past, one-time; earlier times, the past, previous state; formerly, previously, originally, before
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China)
lively, full of spirit, energetic, vigorous, vital, spirited; healthy, well, fit, in good health
originally, from the start, from the beginning, from the outset, by nature; none the worse (for), (coming out) even, in the same position (as before)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
originally, essentially, naturally, by nature, really, actually; in the first place, to begin with
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
element, chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); origin, source
(field) marshal, (fleet) admiral, general of the army
New Year's Day; New Year's morning, morning of New Year's Day
principal (invest.), capital
ringleader, main culprit; main cause, source
originator, pioneer, inventor, founder; progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
elder statesman, doyen, old-timer, authority; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
cost price
New Year's Day
sovereign, ruler, head of state
capital, principal
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa), Japanese era name
from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally; of course; not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
- 元服げんぷく
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
- 元通りもとどおり
as before, as ever, as it was originally
- 元手もとで
capital, funds, seed money; asset
- 元締めもとじめ
manager, controller, administrator; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
- 元利がんり
principal and interest
- 元寇げんこう
Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)
- 元軍げんぐん
Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
- 元請けもとうけ
prime contract work, prime contractor
- 元結いもとゆい
(paper) cord for tying the hair
- 元勲げんくん
elder statesman
- 元帳もとちょう
ledger
- 元夫もとおっと
ex-husband, former husband
- 元正がんしょう
New Year's Day
- 元妻もとつま
ex-wife, former wife
- 元朝がんちょう
New Year's morning
- 元朝げんちょう
Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 元栓もとせん
stopcock (gas, water)
- 元始げんし
origin