rare, unusual

a book / a script; a scenario / source; origin; root

just

blades of grass and tree trunks / falcons

current, this, the matter in question / original, actual, base

long cylindrical things such as glasses of drink, pairs of jeans, pens or trains and buses / films or TV shows / home runs or goals / rounds of a match in boxing, wrestling or judo

Alternative form of 元

book / this / main / real / actual / true

(music) those pieces of traditional Japanese music composed primarily for the 尺八 (shakuhachi) flute, but also including the 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū, “Japanese bowed lute with three or four strings”), and the 琴(こと) (koto)

Benxi (a city in China)