| 元が掛かる | もとがかかる | to be expensive; to cost much |
| 元ヤンキー | もとヤンキー | reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth |
| 元をただす | もとをただす | to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin |
| 本をただす | もとをただす | to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin |
| 元をたどる | もとをたどる | to trace back to (the origins of something) |
| 本狂言 | ほんきょうげん | discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays) |
| 本省人 | ほんしょうじん | 1: (China) someone from one's own province; 2: (Taiwan) someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave |
| 元社長 | もとしゃちょう | former president of a company |
| 元首相 | もとしゅしょう | former Prime Minister; former Chancellor |
| 元入金 | もとにゅうきん | capital |
| 本家本元 | ほんけほんもと | original home; birthplace; originator |
| 本社移転 | ほんしゃいてん | headquarter shift |
| 本石楠花 | ほんしゃくなげ | Rhododendron metternichii |
| 本省詰め | ほんしょうずめ | service at the Head Office |
| 本船渡し | ほんせんわたし | free on board (i.e. seller pays to have goods placed on a ship); FOB |
| 本体価格 | ほんたいかかく | base price; pre-tax price |
| 本当の所 | ホントのところ | 1: in truth; in actuality; 2: the truth; the real story |
| 本人次第 | ほんにんしだい | being up to the the person himself |
| 本人負担 | ほんにんふたん | paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. |
| 元込め銃 | もとごめじゅう | breechloader |
| 本美之主貝 | ほんびのすがい | quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck; topneck; cherrystone; chowder clam |
| 本命チョコ | ほんめいチョコ | chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment |
| 本を広げる | ほんをひろげる | to open a book |
| 元の木阿弥 | もとのもくあみ | ending up right back where one started |
| 本意ではない | ほんいではない | something (which) is not one's real intention |
| 本当のところ | ホントのところ | 1: in truth; in actuality; 2: the truth; the real story |
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