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expression
originally

もと
motohatoieba
expression
when it comes to the cause, when you get right down to it, as for what started it, as for the reason, originally
Other readings:
もとはと言えば【もとはといえば】

interjection
1.
as you were, return to your original position!(usually kana)(in drill, calisthenics, etc.)
2.
er, rather(usually kana)(used in speech to correct oneself)

もと
motomokomonai
expression
losing everything, coming to nothing, having lost the interest and the principal
Other readings:
本も子もない【もともこもない】

noun
reformed delinquent, former delinquent youth(abbreviation, slang)
See also:ヤンキー
Other readings:
元やん【もとやん】

noun
reformed delinquent, former delinquent youth(colloquialism)

noun
(paper) cord for tying the hair
Other readings:
元結い【もとい】
元結い【もっとい】
元結【もとゆい】
元結【もとい】
元結【もっとい】

noun
(one's) ex-wife, (one's) former wife

expression, Godan-su verb
to go to the bottom of an affair, to inquire into the origin
See also:糺す
Other readings:
元を正す【もとをただす】
本を糺す【もとをただす】
元を糺す【もとをただす】
本をただす【もとをただす】
元をただす【もとをただす】

expression, Godan-ru verb
to trace back to (the origins of something)
Other readings:
元をたどる【もとをたどる】

expression, Godan-ru verb
to recover a cost, to recover an expense, to get a return on one's investment, to get one's money's worth
Other readings:
元をとる【もとをとる】

noun
yuan (monetary unit of China)(usually kana)
See also:元 (げん)