元

capital; funds; seed money

asset

manager; controller; administrator

chief treasurer

boss (of a gambling den)

Colloquial

former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation

大本 only

Ōmoto (religion)

originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

pre-era; BC; BCE

cost price

chamber maid; female servant

area around the hips; waist area

near one's knee

(by) one's side; (at) one's hand

place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of)

ひざもと only

territory of a powerful person

しっか only

address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter

locals; local inhabitants

beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.)

place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); Imperial capital; Imperial court; (shogun's) headquarters

place under one's direct control; one's own turf; one's own backyard

one's parents' home

New Year's Day

New Year's Day; first day of the year

Orig. meaning

New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

sovereign; ruler; head of state

Astronomy

epoch

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

origin of a fire

head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

Often written on the paper wrapper

chopsticks

Mathematics

high dimension; higher dimensions

elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority

Historical term

genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

era

CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)