げんくん【元勲】
維新の元勲an elder statesman in the days of the Meiji Restoration
げんごう【元号】
the name of a Japanese era (corresponding, in modern times, to the reign of one emperor)
げんしゅ【元首】
the head of state一国の元首the head [〔君主〕sovereign] of a nation
げんすい【元帥】
〔陸軍〕a (field) marshal，《米》 a general of the army；〔海軍〕an [a fleet] admiral，《英》 an admiral (of the f...
げんそ【元素】
an element; a chemical element元素の elemental水は２元素に分解するWater resolves into two elements.元素記号the sym...
げんぷく【元服】
the coming-of-age ceremony for a boy in the old days元服する celebrate one's 「coming of age [attainme...
げんろう【元老】
〔政界の〕「an elder [a senior] statesman；〔一般に，古株〕an old-timer党の元老the grand old man of the party彼は文学界の元...
もと【元】
1〔起こり〕the origin ((of a thing))元は originally事件の元をたどるtrace the incident to its origin／look into 「t...
もとい【元い】
⇒もとへ（元へ）
もとうけぎょうしゃ【元請け業者】
the original contractor
