元
N3もと moto
- origin
- original
- 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。
- その事務員は過労がもとで死んだ。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"
}
}