元
ゲン • ガン
もと
beginning; former time; origin
Words
国元
くにもと
- one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace n
鼻元思案
はなもとじあん はなもとしあん
- superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea n yoji
二元方程式
にげんほうていしき
- equation with two unknowns n math
微量元素
びりょうげんそ
- trace element n
- micronutrient n
膝元
ひざもと しっか
- near one's knee n
- (by) one's side; (at) one's hand n
- place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of) n
- territory of a powerful person n
- address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter n