元にして

もとにして

based on, derived from, building on, beginning with

足を棒にして

あしをぼうにして

(e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead, (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

元気出して

げんきだして

keep up your strength, chin up!

元を取る

もとをとる

to recover a cost, to recover an expense, to get a return on one's investment, to get one's money's worth

元を辿る

もとをたどる

to trace back to (the origins of something)

元に戻る

もとにもどる

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

元に戻す

もとにもどす

to go back to the start, to reset, to restore, to return to the point (of a discussion), to return something (that has been moved) to previous place, to reconstitute

元を切って売る

もとをきってうる

to sell under prime cost, to sell at a loss

をして

indicates patient of a causative expression

にして

にして

only, just because

簡にして要を得る

かんにしてようをえる

to be brief and to the point, to be succinct

身を粉にして働く

みをこにしてはたらく

to work hard, to work oneself to the bone

声を大にして言う

こえをだいにしていう

to say it out loud, to yell out, to emphasize

流し元

ながしもと

sink

貸し元

かしもと

financier, gambling boss

足元を見る

あしもとをみる

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation), to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price), from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly

元気を出す

げんきをだす

to cheer up (often used with command or request form addressing someone else)

を通して

をとおして

through, throughout, through (the good offices of), by way of

を介して

をかいして

using as an intermediary, through