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► 名詞
  [みなもと]  [liter]    meaning:  origin  rank: 3
☆ 家族元気の源だ ⇨ My family is my source of energy  (☛ Usually a source of something desirable)

► 接尾辞
  [げん]    meaning:  origin  rank: 3
☆ この情報源は信頼出来ない ⇨ We cannot trust the source of the information
☆ 信号の発信源が特定できない ⇨ We cannot determine where the signal is coming from
☆ 彼等病気の感染源を調べている ⇨ They are investigating the source of the contagion


More examples:
  • 資源の再利用 ⇨ Reuse, recycling, of resources
  • どの天然資源には限り有る ⇨ Most natural resources are limited
  • 電源コードがこんがらがった ⇨ Power cables got tangled up
  • 天然資源を節約しなくてはいけない ⇨ We need to save the natural resources
  • 将来残っ天然資源を争奪して戦争こるであろう ⇨ In the near future there will be a war to fight for the remaining natural resources
  • 震源から半径10キロ以内壊滅した ⇨ Within 10 km radius from the epicenter was destroyed
  • 人的資源 ⇨ Human resources
  • 日本天然資源にしい ⇨ Japan doesn’t have much natural resources
  • もうすぐ人類天然資源乱用ツケ回ってくる ⇨ The bills of the natural resource abuse will come to humans very soon. Humans will have to pay the price
  • 源泉徴収された税金 ⇨ The amount of tax withheld
  • それは余り経済的な資源の使ではない ⇨ That is not a very economical way of using the resources
  • 自然豊富存在する資源 ⇨ Resources abundant in nature
  • 政府テロ組織の資金源をとうとしている ⇨ The government is trying to cut the sources of funds for terrorists
  • コロナウィルスの起源は依然として不明だ ⇨ The origin of COVID-19 is still unknown
  • 日本語には中国語起源の四字熟語沢山ある ⇨ There are many Chinese-drived four character idioms in Japanese