[もと, moto] (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) #170
[きほん, kihon] (n, adj-no) foundation; basis; standard; (P) #193
[ざいだん, zaidan] (n, adj-no) foundation; (P) #832
[きそ, kiso] (n, adj-no) foundation; basis; (P) #937
[もとい, motoi] (n) (1) (arch) basis; foundation; (2) cause #1021
[こんきょ, konkyo] (n, vs) basis; foundation; (P) #1481
[めい, mei] (n) (1) (sometimes written as 生命) (See 生命) life; life force; (2) lifetime; lifespan; (3) most important thing; foundation; core; (4) (arch) paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love); (5) (arch) fate; destiny; karma; (P) #1561
[こんげん(根源;根元;根原)(P);ねもと(根本;根元)(P);こんぽん(根本)(P), kongen ( kongen ; kongen ; ne hara )(P); nemoto ( konpon ; kongen )(P); konpon ( ko] (n, adj-no) root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle; (P) #5181
[そうけん, souken] (n, vs) establishment; foundation #5465
[きばん, kiban] (n) foundation; basis; base; footing; (P) #5863
[ききん, kikin] (n, adj-no) fund; foundation; (P) #6717
[りねん, rinen] (n) (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology; (P) #6765
[ざい, zai] (n, n-suf) (1) fortune; riches; (2) goods; (n) (3) (abbr) (See 財団法人・ざいだんほうじん) incorporated foundation; (P) #8002
[かいき, kaiki] (n, vs) (1) foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); (2) { math } open base #10846
[うらづけ, uraduke] (n, adj-no) backing; support; endorsement; collateral; security; guarantee; proof; substantiation; foundation; lining (something); something lined; (P) #13115
[きぶ, kibu] (n, adj-no) base; foundation #13342
[えいだん, eidan] (n) corporation; foundation; (P) #13495
[したじ, shitaji] (n) groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy; (P) #17483
[いしずえ, ishizue] (n) foundation stone; cornerstone; (P) #19359
[イーエフエフ, i-efuefu] (n) (1) Extended Fund Facility; EFF; (2) Electronic Frontier Foundation; EFF
[japanfaunde-shon] (n) Japan Foundation
[faunde-shon] (n) foundation
[fande-shon] (n) foundation; (P)
[furi-sofutoueafaunde-shon] (n) { comp } Free Software Foundation Inc.; FSF
[ranfan] (n) (abbr) lingerie and foundation
[あめふってじかたまる, amefuttejikatamaru] (exp) (id) adversity strengthens the foundations
[きせき, kiseki] (n) cornerstone; foundation stone
[きそがんばん, kisoganban] (n) bed rock; foundation rock
[きそこうがく, kisokougaku] (n) foundation engineering
[きそこうじ, kisokouji] (n) foundation works
[よりどころ, yoridokoro] (n) grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely
[けいえいきばんのじゅうじつ, keieikibannojuujitsu] (n) fulfillment of management base; fulfilment of management base; improvement of management foundation
[けんがく, kengaku] (n, vs) foundation of a school
[けんこくきねんのひ, kenkokukinennohi] (n) Foundation Day (Feb 11)
[けんこくきねんび, kenkokukinenbi] (n) National Foundation Day
[こうぞうかべ, kouzoukabe] (n) foundation wall; structural wall
[こうき, kouki] (n) foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
[くにのもと, kuninomoto] (n) national principles; foundation of the country
[こくさいこうりゅうききん, kokusaikouryuukikin] (n) Japan Foundation
[こくほん, kokuhon] (n) foundation of the nation
[こんかん, konkan] (n) (1) root and trunk; (2) foundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals; (P)
[こんてい, kontei] (n) root; basis; foundation; (P)
[ざいだんほうじん, zaidanhoujin] (n) incorporated foundation; juridical foundation; (P)
[さん, san] (n) (1) (abbr) sheathing (under thatched roofing); (2) lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall); (3) (See 桟竹) decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
[しんじ, shinji] (n) padding; lining; foundation
[すえる, sueru] (v1, vt) (1) to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation); (2) (See 上座に据える) to install; to seat (someone); (3) to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze); (4) to apply (moxa); (P)
[にしだてつがく, nishidatetsugaku] (n) Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)
[ぜんべいかがくざいだん, zenbeikagakuzaidan] (n) { comp } National Science Foundation (USA); NSF
[いしずえをきずく, ishizuewokizuku] (exp, v5k) to lay the foundation (for)
[そざい, sozai] (n) foundation materials