Your search matched 17 words, 1 kanji and 8 sentences.
Search Terms: 源*

Dictionary results(showing 17 results)


noun
1.
source (of a river), fountainhead
2.
source, origin, root

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】

noun
1.
source (e.g. of a river), headwaters
2.
origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

noun
Genji and Heike clans, two opposing sides

suffix
source, origin

noun
1.
diving beetle(usually kana)
2.
Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
Other readings:
ゲンゴロウ

noun
Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri), white crucian carp(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゲンゴロウブナ

noun
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha

noun
Rigel (star in the constellation Orion), Beta Orionis, Beta Ori, Genji star(astronomy term)
See also:リゲル

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 13 strokes
Taught in grade 6
source, origin
KUN:
  • みなもと
    minamoto
ON:
  • ゲン
    gen
Nanori:
  • はら
    hara
  • みな
    mina
  • もと
    moto

Sentence results (showing 8 results)


あお
青い
いろ
よろ
喜び
みなもと
かみ
えいきゅ
永久に
God appointed blue to be an everlasting source of delight

I want to find out the source of this irresponsible rumor

かわ
長野
やまやま
山々
みなもと
This river rises in the mountains in Nagano

せい
政府
べつ
別の
さいにゅ
歳入
げん
さが
探さ
かれ
しゅちょ
主張
He argues that the administration must look for alternative sources of revenue

かわ
みなもと
ほん
日本
さんちゅ
山中
The river has its origin in the Japan Alps

しんぶんしゃ
新聞記者
みなもと
しゅっし
出所
めい
不明
かた
みなもと
よう
利用
A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source

せい
政府
ほか
他の
さいにゅ
歳入
げん
かん
考え出す
The administration cannot but look for alternative sources of revenue

鎌倉
げん
源氏
Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family