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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:
  • 奥様はお元気ですか? ⇨ Is your wife doing well?
  • 主要諸元 ⇨ The main specifications
  • 最近元気がい ⇨ Recently he doesn’t have energy, he seems depressed
  • 電気変換して電池に還元する ⇨ Convert heat into electricity and return it to the battery
  • お元気でいらっしゃいますか? ⇨ Have you been doing well?
  • なんかあいつ最近元気無いね ⇨ He kind of looks depressed lately
  • 一度失われた信頼は元にはらない ⇨ When trust is broken once, it will never be restored
  • 元服式 ⇨ A coming-of-age ceremony
  • 御元気でいらせられますか? ⇨ Are you doing well?
  • コンピューターモデル ⇨ 3D computer models
  • 子供姿見ると元気付けらる ⇨ Watching my kids gives me energy, motivation
  • データの復元に成功した ⇨ We succeeded in restoring the data
  • 滑りやすいので足元にをつけてさい ⇨ It is slippery, so please watch your footing
  • お元気になられたようでよりです ⇨ It is great that you seemed to have become healthy again
  • 天皇即位して令和に改元された ⇨ The new emperor was crowned and the new imperial era started