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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:
  • 源泉徴収された税金 ⇨ The amount of tax withheld
  • 生命の起源 ⇨ The origin of life
  • 宇宙の起源には未だ沢山がある ⇨ There are still many mysteries in the origin of the universe
  • 会社くの人的資源をこの計画傾注した ⇨ The company poured, dedicated, a lot of human resources into this project
  • 天然資源 ⇨ Natural resources
  • どの天然資源には限り有る ⇨ Most natural resources are limited
  • 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
  • 人的資源 ⇨ Human resources
  • 電源をれる配線確認しよう ⇨ Let’s check the wiring before turning on the power
  • 天然資源を節約しなくてはいけない ⇨ We need to save the natural resources
  • 自然豊富存在する資源 ⇨ Resources abundant in nature
  • 人間こそが諸悪の根源だ ⇨ Humans are the root and source of all the evil
  • 源氏が平氏討伐した ⇨ Minamoto clan destroyed Tyla clan
  • 震源から半径10キロ以内壊滅した ⇨ Within 10 km radius from the epicenter was destroyed
  • 地球上の資源は無尽蔵ではない ⇨ The resources on Earth are not limitless