げん
Meanings
Prefix
1. original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
Pitch accent
げ
ん
Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
place of origin; habitat
cause; origin; source
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
tableland; plateau
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
original meaning
the original work
principle; theory; fundamental truth
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
original picture; key frame; key animation
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
plain; moor; prairie
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
motive power; driving force
actual size; full size
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
root; source; origin; cause
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
original work
raw materials; ingredient
original form; base form
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
original author (of a work)
raw materials; ingredients
motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
original text
original (text)
marshy grassland; wetlands
original sin
blastopore
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
atomic bomb; A-bomb
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
undiluted solution (of)
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
same origin
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene; original scenery; unspoiled landscape
stencil (for a mimeograph); silkworm egg sheet; base paper; body paper
standard (for weights and measures)
original song; original melody
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
one's home unit
original word; original language
refined sake not diluted in water; undiluted sake; unblended whisky (whiskey)
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
antigen
key animator; lead animator
protist; protistan
primitive man
original state
theory; principles
capital; principal
form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original edition (of a publication)
original title
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
minefield
formative experience (from one's youth)
original recording
protoplasm; plasma
minefield
original name
original domicile; permanent address
the original
author's footnotes; original notes
original meaning
primordium; anlage; rudiment; root; foundation; basis
fundamental tone
original drawing
atomic and hydrogen bombs; nuclear and thermonuclear bombs
original judgement; judgment in prior instance
origin of rights
the field; the parade ground
exhibition of original images
original nature; essential quality; fundamental character; primary matter; original substance; prime matter
flood plain
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
original key (of a song)
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
original source
prokaryote; procaryote
raw water
crater floor; crater basin
one's former grade; positive grade
centromere; kinetochore
wilderness; virgin land; wild land; habitat; native land
active pharmaceutical ingredient; API
base powder; bulk powder
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
original poem
original statue
iatrogenic disease
prokaryotic cell
original court; court of first instance
primary product
thread for weaving
raw cotton
supply source
archenteron
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province; Kangwon Province (North Korea)
spelling in the original language; spelling in the original script
original image
original passage (in document)
original judgment; original judgement
fundamental vibration
raw fibers; raw fibres; minute fibers; minute fibres
unrefined sugar
aborigines
raw wool
source of infection
iatrogenic (disease or condition caused by medical treatment)
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
original source of re-established family register; old family register
Nosema bombycis (microsporidian parasite responsible for pebrine)
proturans
prototherians
output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity
spermatogonial
original fabric; whole cloth
glycogen
underlying work; original work
polygenesis; polyphylesis
raw fuel; raw materials and fuels
original kanji form; base kanji form
ingredient (of a crude drug)
prothallium
Genshin Impact (video game)