Search Terms: *源*
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noun, no-adjective
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root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle
Other readings:
根本【こんぽん】
、根元【こんげん】
、根元【ねもと】
、根源【こんげん】
、根原【こんげん】
noun
1.
source of electricity, electrical power
2.
power (button on TV, etc.)
noun
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origin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
Other readings:
語原【ごげん】
noun, no-adjective
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hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter
See also:震央
noun
1.
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
2.
the Minamoto family
noun
1.
source (of a spring, etc.)
2.
source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring
Other readings:
原泉【げんせん】
Common word
noun
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Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
noun
1.
source (e.g. of a river), headwaters
2.
origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
noun
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pathogenic bacteria, germ, pathogen
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病源菌【びょうげんきん】
noun, no-adjective
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origin of an illness, cause of a disease, pathogenesis, etiology
Other readings:
病源【びょうげん】
noun
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Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)