本 – Vocabulary details

本もと

Meanings

Noun

1. origin; source; beginning

esp. 元

2. basis; base; foundation; root

oft. 基

3. cause

also written as 因, 原

4. (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock

esp. 素

5. root (of a plant); (tree) trunk

6. part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)

7. first three lines of a waka

Counter

8. counter for plants or trees

9. counter for falcons (in falconry)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

本

book

Pitch accent

も

と

も

と

Used in: 1527

Used in vocabulary (38 in total)

山やま本もと

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

旗はた本もと

headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

根ね本もと

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

35 more...

Examples (9 in total)

分ぶ厚あつい本もとだな。

The book is thick.

橋はし本もと先せん生せいはエンジンをかけた。

Mr Hashimoto started the engine.

橋はし本もと先せん生せいは私わたしたちに公こう平へいです。

Mr. Hashimoto is fair to us.