Results, もと #n

もとmoto

noun:

  • origin; source - usu. 元
  • base; basis; foundation; root - esp. 基
  • cause - also 因, 原
  • ingredient; material - esp. 素
  • (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location
  • original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
  • (plant) root; (tree) trunk
  • first section of a waka 和歌

counter:

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

noun:

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

憲政kenseino危機kikiga始まったhajimattanohaこのようなkonoyouna状況joukyounoもとmotoであったdeatta It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.

このkonoシステムSHISUTEMUnoもとmotodeha生徒seitoha交替koutaide教えoshieあいaiお互いにotagaini助け合わtasukeawaなければなりませんnakerebanarimasen The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.

そのsono事務員jimuinha過労karougaもとmotode死んだshinda The clerk died from overwork.

karehaなぜnazetsumaga彼のkarenoもとmotowo去ったsattanokaわからなかったwakaranakatta He had no idea why his wife left him.

もとmoto

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / prefix noun:

  • former; ex-; past; one-time

やってyatteしまったshimattaことkotohamotoni戻らないmodoranai What is done cannot be undone.

もとmoto

noun:

Partial results:

もともとmotomoto

adverb / ~の noun:

  • originally; by nature; from the start

彼らkareraha元々motomotoあったatta文明bunmeiwo破壊hakaiしたshita They destroyed the native civilization.

もといmotoi

noun:

  • basis; foundation - archaism
  • cause
もときmotoki

noun:

  • original stock
がんきんgankinもときんmotokin

noun / ~の noun:

  • capital; principal
もとでmotode

noun:

  • funds; capital; stock

既にsudeni元手motodegaあるaruto金儲けkanemoukegaよりyori容易youiniなるnaru It's easier to make money when you already have some.

もとちょうmotochou

noun:

  • ledger
もとどおりmotodoori Inflection

adjectival noun / temporal noun:

  • as before; as ever

彼女kanojohaもと通りmotodoori元気genkiになったninatta She is herself again.

もとじめmotojime

noun:

  • manager; boss; controller; promoter
もとかたmotokata

noun:

  • capitalist; wholesaler
もとごめmotogome

noun:

  • breech-loading
もとカノmotoKANOもとかのmotokano

noun:

  • former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend - colloquialism 彼女
もとごめじゅうmotogomejuu

noun:

  • breechloader
もとめmotome

noun:

  • request; appeal; claim; demand
  • purchase

kareha我々warewareno求めmotomeに応じてnioujite歌ったutatta He sang at our request.

もとかれmotokareもとカレmotoKARE

noun:

  • former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend - colloquialism 彼氏
ほんかhonkaもとうたmotouta

noun:

  • original verse poem
もとおっとmotootto

noun:

  • ex-husband; former husband
もとヤンキーmotoYANKII

noun:

  • reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth - colloquialism
もとつづりmototsuzuriもとつづりmototsuzuriげんてつgentetsu

noun:

  • original spelling or kana usage
  • spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)
もとつまmototsuma

noun:

  • ex-wife; former wife 元夫
もとさやmotosaya

noun:

  • returning to normal after all is said and done
もとかのじょmotokanojo

noun:

  • ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
もとヤンmotoYANもとやんmotoyan

noun:

  • reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth - abbreviation - slang ヤンキー
もとしゃちょうmotoshachou

noun:

  • former president of a company
もとうけにんmotoukenin

noun:

  • master contractor
もとうしmotoushi

noun:

  • calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

Kanji

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