| 1 | 元 (もと) |
| (n,adj-no,n-adv,n-pref) former |
| 2 | 元 (もと) |
| (n) (1) origin |
| 3 | 座元 (ざもと) |
| (n) theater proprietor |
| 4 | 地元 (じもと) |
| (n) (1) home area |
| 5 | 手元 (てもと) |
| (n) (1) (money) on hand or at home |
| 6 | 根元 (ねもと) |
| (n) root |
| 7 | 火元 (ひもと) |
| (n) origin of a fire |
| 8 | 身元 (みもと) |
| (n) person's identity |
| 9 | 目元 (めもと) |
| (n) eyes |
| 10 | 元い (もとい) |
| (int) (1) (uk) (in calisthenics) return to your original position! |
| 11 | 元手 (もとで) |
| (n) funds |
| 12 | 元値 (もとね) |
| (n) cost |
| 13 | 元は (もとは) |
| (exp) originally |
| 14 | 元へ (もとへ) |
| (int) (1) (in calisthenics) return to your original position! |
| 15 | 湯元 (ゆもと) |
| (n) source of a hot spring |
| 16 | 足元 (あしもと) |
| (n) (1) at one's feet |
| 17 | 網元 (あみもと) |
| (n) head of fisherman's group or union |
| 18 | 家元 (いえもと) |
| (n) head of a school (of music, dance) |
| 19 | 襟元 (えりもと) |
| (n) front of neck |
| 20 | 親元 (おやもと) |
| (n) one's parents |
| 21 | 織元 (おりもと) |
| (n) textile manufacturer |
| 22 | 織り元 (おりもと) |
| (n) textile manufacturer |
| 23 | 貸し元 (かしもと) |
| (n) financier |
| 24 | 窯元 (かまもと) |
| (n) pottery |
| 25 | 口元 (くちもと) |
| (n) the mouth |
| 26 | 国元 (くにもと) |
| (n) hometown |
| 27 | 蔵元 (くらもと) |
| (n) sake brewer |
| 28 | 腰元 (こしもと) |
| (n) chamber maid |
| 29 | 地元語 (じもとご) |
| (n) local language |
| 30 | 地元紙 (じもとし) |
| (n) local newspaper |
| 31 | 駄目元 (だめもと) |
| (n) (sl) giving something a try because one has nothing to lose |
| 32 | 胴元 (どうもと) |
| (n) bookmaker (in gambling) |
| 33 | 喉元 (のどもと) |
| (n) throat |
| 34 | 鼻元 (はなもと) |
| (n) root of the nose |
| 35 | 版元 (はんもと) |
| (n) publisher |
| 36 | 膝元 (ひざもと) |
| (n) near one's knee |
| 37 | 火の元 (ひのもと) |
| (n) origin of fire |
| 38 | 本元 (ほんもと) |
| (n) origin |
| 39 | 耳元 (みみもと) |
| (n) close to the ear |
| 40 | 胸元 (むなもと) |
| (n) breast |
| 41 | 元請け (もとうけ) |
| (n) prime contract work or contractor |
| 42 | 元歌 (もとうた) |
| (n) original song |
| 43 | 元売 (もとうり) |
| (n) direct sale by the producer |
| 44 | 元売り (もとうり) |
| (n) direct sale by the producer |
| 45 | 元方 (もとかた) |
| (n) capitalist |
| 46 | 元金 (もときん) |
| (n) capital |
| 47 | 元肥え (もとごえ) |
| (n) first fertilizing |
| 48 | 元込め (もとごめ) |
| (n) breech-loading |
| 49 | 元鞘 (もとさや) |
| (n) returning to normal after all is said and done |
| 50 | 元締 (もとじめ) |
| (n) manager |
| 51 | 元締め (もとじめ) |
| (n) manager |
| 52 | 元栓 (もとせん) |
| (n) stopcock (gas, water) |
| 53 | 元高 (もとだか) |
| (n) principal (e.g. in a loan) |
| 54 | 元妻 (もとつま) |
| (n) ex-wife |
| 55 | 元 (もともと) |
| (adv,adj-no) originally |
| 56 | 元々 (もともと) |
| (adv,adj-no) originally |
| 57 | 元やん (もとやん) |
| (n) (abbr) (col) (sl) reformed delinquent |
| 58 | 元結い (もとゆい) |
| (n) paper cord for tying the hair |
| 59 | 元より (もとより) |
| (adv) (1) from the beginning |
| 60 | 元カノ (もとカノ) |
| (n) (abbr) (sl) former girlfriend |
| 61 | 元カレ (もとカレ) |
| (n) (abbr) (sl) former boyfriend |
| 62 | 元ヤン (もとヤン) |
| (n) (abbr) (col) (sl) reformed delinquent |
| 63 | 山元 (やまもと) |
| (n) owner of a mountain |
| 64 | 勝手元 (かってもと) |
| (n) in and about a kitchen |
| 65 | 地元民 (じもとみん) |
| (n) local people |
| 66 | 帳元 (ちょうもと) |
| (n) (business) manager |
| 67 | 流し元 (ながしもと) |
| (n) sink |
| 68 | 枕元 (まくらもと) |
| (n) near one's pillow |
| 69 | 耳元で (みみもとで) |
| (exp) close to one's ears |
| 70 | 元夫 (もとおっと) |
| (n) ex-husband |
| 71 | 元帳 (もとちょう) |
| (n) ledger |
| 72 | 元通り (もとどおり) |
| (adj-na,n-t) as before |
| 73 | 元払い (もとばらい) |
| (n) prepayment |
| 74 | 山元派 (やまもとは) |
| (n) Yamamoto sect (of Shin Buddhism) |
| 75 | お手元金 (おてもときん) |
| (n) the privy purse |
| 76 | 勧進元 (かんじんもと) |
| (n) backer |
| 77 | 清元節 (きよもとぶし) |
| (n) a school of ballad drama |
| 78 | 製造元 (せいぞうもと) |
| (n) manufacturer |
| 79 | 発売元 (はつばいもと) |
| (n) sales (selling) agency |
| 80 | 販売元 (はんばいもと) |
| (n) selling agency |
| 81 | 身元不明 (みもとふめい) |
| (n,adj-no) (a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified) |
| 82 | 元請け人 (もとうけにん) |
| (n) master contractor |
| 83 | 元が掛かる (もとがかかる) |
| (exp) to be expensive |
| 84 | 元に戻す (もとにもどす) |
| (exp) to reconstitute |
| 85 | 元の通り (もとのとおり) |
| (n) as it was before |
| 86 | 元を糾す (もとをただす) |
| (exp) to go to the bottom of an affair |
| 87 | 元ヤンキー (もとヤンキー) |
| (n) (col) reformed delinquent |
| 88 | を元として (をもととして) |
| (exp) based on |
| 89 | を元にして (をもとにして) |
| (exp) based on |
| 90 | 足元を見る (あしもとをみる) |
| (exp,v1) to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation) |
| 91 | 出版元 (しゅっぱんもと) |
| (n) publisher |
| 92 | 地元警察 (じもとけいさつ) |
| (n) local police |
| 93 | 駄目で元々 (だめでもともと) |
| (exp) giving something a try because one has nothing to lose |
| 94 | 喉元思案 (のどもとじあん) |
| (n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking |
| 95 | 鼻元思案 (はなもとしあん) |
| (n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking |
| 96 | 鼻元思案 (はなもとじあん) |
| (n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking |
| 97 | 本家本元 (ほんけほんもと) |
| (n) original home |
| 98 | 身元確認 (みもとかくにん) |
| (n) ID |
| 99 | 身元調査 (みもとちょうさ) |
| (n) (col) identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin) |
| 100 | 身元保証 (みもとほしょう) |
| (n) personal reference |