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もと

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もと

Meanings

  1. 1.
    norigin; source; beginning
  2. 2.
    nbasis; base; foundation; root
  3. 3.
    ncause
  4. 4.
    n(raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock
  5. 5.
    n(one's) side
  6. 6.
    ncapital; principal; cost price
  7. 7.
    nroot (of a plant); (tree) trunk
  8. 8.
    npart (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
  9. 9.
    nfirst three lines of a waka
  10. 10.
    ctrcounter for plants or trees
  11. 11.
    ctrcounter for falcons (in falconry)

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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