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Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word .

Dictionary

Entry

げんSuffixFreq #16306
1

source; origin

Examples
良い新聞記者は、どんなニュースからも、つまり、出所不明型のニュース源からも、学びとれるものはなんでも利用する。
A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

source, origin

13 strokesFrequency 738JLPT N1Grade 6

On

ゲン

Kun

みなもと

Nanori

はらみなもと

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