元
ゲン • ガン
もと
beginning; former time; origin
Words
清元節
きよもとぶし
- style of jōruri narrative performance n
足元
あしもと
- at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step") n adj-no
- gait; pace; step n
- most recent; current adj-no
元利
がんり げんり
- principal and interest n
元服
げんぷく げんぶく
- male coming of age ceremony n vs
- for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period) n vs
元金
がんきん もときん
- capital; principal n adj-no