[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
[おも, omo] (adj-na, n) (1) (See 主な, 主に) chief; main; principal; important; (2) (abbr) (usu. written as オモ) (See 重あど) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen); (P) #295
[しゅよう, shuyou] (adj-na, n) chief; main; principal; major; (P) #780
[じゅうよう, juuyou] (adj-na, n) important; momentous; essential; principal; major; (P) #861
[だいり, dairi] (n, vs, adj-no) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.); (P) #3134
[こうちょう, kouchou] (n) principal; headmaster; (P) #3820
[こうこく, koukoku] (n) dukedom; duchy; principality #5338
[ほんぞん, honzon] (n) (1) principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; (2) (See 御本尊) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter; (P) #7184
[しゅたる, shutaru] (adj-pn) main; principal; major; (P) #14284
[せんぎょう, sengyou] (n) special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly; (P) #16074
[ほんや, honya] (n) principal residence #16638
[ほんぎょう, hongyou] (n) principal occupation; core business; (P) #19608
[えんちょう, enchou] (n) head of a place designated with the suffix -en (e.g. kindergarten principal, director of a zoo, etc.); (P) #19671
[sekyuriteipurinshiparu] (n) { comp } security principal
[purinshiparu] (n) principal
[せいもく, seimoku] (n) the nine principal points in a game of go
[がくえんちょう, gakuenchou] (n) headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
[きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ, kigyoutankikeizaikansokuchousa] (n) (See 日銀短観・にちぎんたんかん) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey
[きじくつうか, kijikutsuuka] (n) (principal) reserve currency
[ぐそう, gusou] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 供奉僧・1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine
[ぐぶそう, gubusou] (n) (1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine
[きょうどうせいはん, kyoudouseihan] (n) crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)
[きょうとう, kyoutou] (n) deputy head teacher; vice principal; (P)
[きょうとうせんせい, kyoutousensei] (n) (See 教頭) vice principal
[けんきゅうせきにんしゃ, kenkyuusekininsha] (n) principal investigator; PI
[もともこもない, motomokomonai] (exp) losing everything; having lost the interest and the principal
[がんきん(P);もときん, gankin (P); motokin] (n, adj-no) capital; principal; (P)
[もとだか, motodaka] (n) principal (e.g. in a loan)
[がんぽん(P);げんぽん, ganpon (P); genpon] (n) principal (invest.); capital; (P)
[がんり;げんり, ganri ; genri] (n) principal and interest
[げんし, genshi] (n) capital; principal; (P)
[ごほんぞん, gohonzon] (n) (1) (See 本尊) principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; (2) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
[こうこく, koukoku] (n) principality
[こうりょう, kouryou] (n) duchy; dukedom; principality
[こうちょうしつ, kouchoushitsu] (n) principal's office
[こうちょうせんせい, kouchousensei] (n) (hon) school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
[さいこうがく, saikougaku] (n) capital sum; principal sum; top dollar
[おもな, omona] (adj-pn) (See 主・おも・1) chief; main; principal; important
[おもなる, omonaru] (adj-f) main; principal; important
[おもイデアル, omo idearu] (n) principal ideal
[しゅおうりょく, shuouryoku] (n) principal stress
[しゅかく;しゅきゃく, shukaku ; shukyaku] (n) host and guest; principal and auxiliary
[しゅけい, shukei] (n) principal penalty
[しゅげんいん, shugen'in] (n) principal cause
[しゅげんりょう, shugenryou] (exp) principal raw material; main raw material
[しゅさい, shusai] (n) (See メインディッシュ) main dish (in a meal); principal dish
[しゅせいぶんぶんせき, shuseibunbunseki] (n) { comp } principal component analysis
[しゅせつ, shusetsu] (n) { ling } principal clause
[しゅちゅう, shuchuu] (n) (1) (See 大黒柱・1) central pillar; (2) (See 大黒柱・2) principal post; backbone of a society or community
[しゅはん, shuhan] (n) principal offence; principal offense; principal offender; (P)