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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

元もと

N3
もと moto
  1. origin
  2. original
  3. former
noun

Chinese meanings

原来;根源

Examples

  • やってしまったことは元に戻らない。
    What is done cannot be undone.
    做过的事情无法恢复原状。
  • その事じ務む員いんは過か労ろうがもとで死しんだ。
    The clerk died from overwork.
    那名职员因过劳而死。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f5b7534060'); // 元
{
  "id": "f5b7534060",
  "word": "元",
  "reading": "もと",
  "romaji": "moto",
  "meanings": [
    "origin",
    "original",
    "former"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1260670,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "やってしまったことは元に戻らない。",
      "en": "What is done cannot be undone.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193096
    },
    {
      "ja": "その事務員は過労がもとで死んだ。",
      "furigana": "その{事務員|じむいん}は{過労|かろう}がもとで{死|し}んだ。",
      "en": "The clerk died from overwork.",
      "tatoeba_id": 209780
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d0fcec2b94fcbb2b990a68d333ab37c6bbb3f57e9a2346da961470c85d284e56",
    "meanings": [
      "原来",
      "根源"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "やってしまったことは元に戻らない。",
        "zh": "做过的事情无法恢复原状。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その事務員は過労がもとで死んだ。",
        "zh": "那名职员因过劳而死。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/f5b7534060",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1260670; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9c1430805599a9d506204333fc6ae0b2fb126287b30f181df5270c385cc794a7"
  }
}