VocabJLPT N5
origin
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Definitions

  1. 1. origin
  2. 2. source
  3. 3. basis
  4. 4. cause
This noun means "origin," "source," or "former state." It can describe where something came from, a previous condition, or the base of something, and appears in many compound expressions.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Why is that the source of your anxiety?

Sentence 2

What's causing your anxiety?

Sentence 3

A believing heart is the source of strength.

Sentence 4

This is where this town's name comes from.

Sentence 5

I wonder how that became the root of the anxiety.