(ほん) (n) (1) (See ご本・ごほん) book; volume; (pref) (2) main; head; this; our; present; real; (ctr) (3) counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; (P) [EDICT]
(běn, ㄅㄣˇ) roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (classifier for books, periodicals, files etc) [CE-DICT]
基
(き) (n) (1) {chem} (See 官能基) group; (2) (See 遊離基) (free) radical; (ctr) (3) counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones) [EDICT]
(もとい) (n) (1) (arch) basis; foundation; (2) cause [EDICT]
(もと) (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) [EDICT]
(じ) (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) [EDICT]
(ち) (n,n-suf) (1) earth; ground; land; soil; (2) place; (3) territory; (4) (See 天地無用) bottom (of a package, book, etc.); (5) (See 五大・1,土・ど・2) earth (one of the five elements); (P) [EDICT]
(つち(P);つし(地)) (n) (1) earth; soil; dirt; (2) the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; (3) (See 鳥の子紙) low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (4) (also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌) (See 陰陽道) (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou); (P) [EDICT]
(de, ㄉㄜ˙) -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct [CE-DICT]
(dì, ㄉㄧˋ) earth; ground; field; place; land [CE-DICT]
