辿る

たどる

to follow (road), to pursue (course), to follow up, to follow (hyperlink)

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

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

親元を離れる

おやもとをはなれる

to leave one's home (behind one), to leave one's parental roof, to leave the nest, to be out on one's own

元気を付ける

げんきをつける

to encourage, to give courage to

辿々しい

たどたどしい

with difficulty, faltering, tottering, awkward

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

元気を出す

げんきをだす

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

を元にして

をもとにして

based on, built on, made from

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

もと げん

origin, source

足元をすくう

あしもとをすくう

to trip someone up, to pull the carpet from under

元が掛かる

もとがかかる

to be expensive, to cost much

元気付ける

げんきづける げんきつける

to pep up, to cheer up

元気づける

げん きづける

to pep up; to cheer up

元気が出る

げんきがでる

to feel uplifted, to be cheered up, to hearten, to be inspired, to be energized

元へ

もとへ

(in calisthenics) return to your original position!

元ヤン

もとヤン もとやん

reformed delinquent, former delinquent youth

元ヤンキー

もとヤンキー

reformed delinquent, former delinquent youth