Kanji

原

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

厂部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はら

Nanori (Name Reading)

おか, はじめ, はら, もと

Common Readings

ゲン, はら

Example sentences

原因 げんいん
失敗の原因を調べています。

We are investigating the cause of the failure.

そもそも そもそも
そもそも、彼が遅刻したのが原因だ。

In the first place, the fact that he was late is the cause.

草原 そうげん
広大な草原を風が吹き抜けていく。

The wind blows across the vast grassland.

群れ むれ
羊の群れが草原でのんびりと草を食べている。

A flock of sheep is leisurely eating grass in the meadow.

原稿 げんこう
締め切りが近いので、急いで原稿を書き上げた。

The deadline was close, so I finished writing the manuscript in a hurry.

手を入れる てをいれる
提出する前に、もう一度原稿に手を入れたほうがいい。

You should touch up the manuscript one more time before submitting it.

原理 げんり
この機械はてこの原理を利用して動いている。

This machine operates using the principle of the lever.

図解 ずかい
この本は複雑な科学の原理を図解している。

This book illustrates complex scientific principles.

原 はら
子供たちが原を走り回っている。

Children are running around the field.

平原 へいげん
目の前には広大な平原が広がっていた。

A vast plain stretched out before our eyes.

Example Vocabulary

原因

げんいん

cause; origin; source

草原

そうげん

grassland; prairie; meadow

原稿

げんこう

manuscript; draft

原理

げんり

principle; fundamental law

原

はら

field; plain; wilderness

原

はら

field; plain; wilderness

平原

へいげん

plain; plateau; prairie

河原

かわら

riverbed; riverside

原作

げんさく

original work; source material

原則

げんそく

principle; general rule

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