1260670 jmdict A [id=2287658]
元[ichi1,news1,nf05]；本[ichi1]；素；基；因[sK]
もと[ichi1,news1,nf05]
[1][n]
  [note="esp. 元"]
  origin; source; beginning
[2][n]
  [note="oft. 基"]
  basis; base; foundation; root
[3][n]
  [note="also written as 因, 原"]
  cause
[4][n]
  [note="esp. 素"]
  (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock
[5][n]
  [restr=元]
  (one's) side
[6][n]
  [restr=元]
  capital; principal; cost price
[7][n]
  root (of a plant); (tree) trunk
[8][n]
  part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
[9][n]
  first three lines of a waka
  [see=1562000・和歌[1]]
[10][ctr]
  [restr=本]
  counter for plants or trees
[11][ctr]
  [restr=本]
  counter for falcons (in falconry)