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20 word matches found for '本' using reading 'もと'
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root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle
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noun
1. foot of a mountain; base of a mountain  (see also: 山下)
2. mine; colliery  (esp. 山元)
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noun
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
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root; source; origin; cause
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noun
Japan  (see also: 日本; archaic)
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at the root of a tree
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Most common form: 蔵元
noun
1. brewery (sake, soy); brewer
2. warehouse overseer  (archaic)
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noun
Oomoto (religious sect founded in 1892 as an offshoot of Shinto)
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noun
source of a hot spring
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noun
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
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noun
Hashimoto's disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis
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noun
Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
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noun
the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals  (see also: 旗本; archaic)
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noun
fruit grown near the root
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noun
original stock
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noun
true leaf
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expression
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
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noun
1. origin; source  (usu. 元)
2. base; basis; foundation; root  (esp. 基)
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expression, 'su' godan verb
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin  (see also: 糺す, 正す)
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Most common form: もともと
originally; by nature; from the start  (often written with kana only)
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