Illustration: High in a Japanese mountain valley, clear water bubbles from a small opening beneath moss-covered rocks. The first narrow trickle joins a shallow channel that continues downhill, widening into a visible stream between the trees.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

源みなもと

minamoto

source of a river

Example sentences

その川かわの源みなもとは日本にほんアルプス山中さんちゅうにある。
The river has its origin in the Japan Alps.
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この川かわは長野ながのの山々やまやまに源みなもとを発はっしている。
This river rises in the mountains in Nagano.
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この小ちいさな泉いずみが、川かわの源みなもとです。
This little spring is the source of the river.
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Kanji in 源

源source; originOnゲンKunみなもと

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