(こん) (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) {math} root; (4) {Buddh} indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (P) [EDICT]
(gēn, ㄍㄣ) radical (chem.); root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings [CE-DICT]
由
(よし) (n) reason; significance; cause; (P) [EDICT]
(yóu, ㄧㄡˊ) to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; to; to leave it (to sb); by (introduces passive verb) [CE-DICT]
於
(Yū, ㄩ) surname Yu [CE-DICT]
(yú, ㄩˊ) in; at; to; from; by; than; out of [CE-DICT]
少
(しょう) (pref) small; little; few [EDICT]
(shǎo, ㄕㄠˇ) few; little; lack [CE-DICT]
(shào, ㄕㄠˋ) young [CE-DICT]
數
(shǔ, ㄕㄨˇ) to count [CE-DICT]
(shù, ㄕㄨˋ) number; figure; to count; to calculate; several [CE-DICT]
(shuò, ㄕㄨㄛˋ) frequently; repeatedly [CE-DICT]
開
(kāi, ㄎㄞ) to open; to start; to turn on; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin [CE-DICT]
始
(shǐ, ㄕˇ) begin [CE-DICT]
年
(ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT]
(とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT]
(とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT]
(nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ) year [CE-DICT]
的
(てき) (adj-na,suf) -like; typical; (P) [EDICT]
(まと) (n) mark; target; (P) [EDICT]
(de, ㄉㄜ˙) of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive [CE-DICT]
(かね) (n) (1) (See お金) money; (2) metal; (P) [EDICT]
(きん) (n,n-suf) (1) gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup); (2) money (written before an amount); (3) (abbr) (See 金曜) Friday; (4) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth of the five elements); (5) Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); (6) (abbr) (See 金将) gold general (shogi); (7) (abbr) (col) (See 金玉・きんたま) testicles; (suf,ctr) (8) karat; carat; (P) [EDICT]
(jīn, ㄐㄧㄣ) gold Au, transition metal, atomic number 79; metal; money; the Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234); surname Jin or Kim [CE-DICT]