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► 成句
  [(2)もと]  [元も子もない]  [coll]    meaning:  meaningless  rank: 3
☆ けをぎて全部失ったら元ももない ⇨ It will be meaningless if we try to gain too much and lose everything  (☛ 元 is principal and 子 is interest)

► 名詞
  [(1)もと]    meaning:  before  rank: 1
☆ クリントン元大統領 ⇨ Former president Clinton
☆ 使っは元の場所してさい ⇨ Return it to the original location after use
☆ 患者容態一度回復したがまた元に戻ってしまった ⇨ The patient’s condition had improved once but then went to back to the previous status
☆ パソコン設定を元にした ⇨ I reverted the settings of the PC to the previous ones

  [(2)もと]    meaning:  cause  rank: 1
☆ 遺産相続往々にしていの元になる ⇨ Inheritance often becomes a source of conflict

  [(2)もと]  [元を正す]    meaning:  cause  rank: 1
☆ 元をせばお責任じゃないか ⇨ Going back to the origin of the problem, it was you fault

  [(2)もと]    meaning:  origin  rank: 1
☆ ストレス病気の元になる ⇨ Stress is a source of illness
☆ 製造元の責任われるべきだ ⇨ We should question the responsibility of the original manufacturer

  [(1)もと]  [元から]    meaning:  origin  rank: 1
☆ それは元かられていた ⇨ It was broken from the beginning
☆ は元から馬鹿だ ⇨ He was stupid from the beginning, by birth

  [(2)もと]  [元を取る]  [coll]    meaning:  price  rank: 2
☆ その売り値では元がれない ⇨ We cannot recover the cost at that sale price


More examples:
  • 家族全員元気にしている ⇨ Everybody in the family is doing well
  • 没落した元貴族 ⇨ Declined former aristocrats
  • は元旦をいて毎日開いている ⇨ The store is open except for New Years Day
  • 売り手の足元を徹底的いた ⇨ He exploited the seller’s desperation and bought it at the price much lower than its real value
  • ストレスは万の元 ⇨ Stress is the source of all diseases
  • すっかりうらぶれた元スター ⇨ A former star who lost everything
  • は元貴族家系出身だ ⇨ He is from a former aristocrat family
  • さは次元が違う ⇨ His goodness of brain, intelligence, is at a different level
  • 米国政治プロレスの次元まで成り下がった ⇨ American politics has sunk low to the level of professional wrestling
  • 家族の元気のだ ⇨ My family is my source of energy
  • 元気をしなよ! ⇨ Generate energy! Cheer up!
  • は地元のチーム応援している ⇨ He is rooting for his local team
  • 身元不明遺体 ⇨ An unidentified corpse
  • 御手元の用紙御記入ください ⇨ Please fill in the form in your hand, provided to you
  • 酔って足元が覚束無い ⇨ He is so drunk that his feet are wobbly