Alternative form of 元

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

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

book / this / main / real / actual / true

all night

waiting impatiently / time dragging on

A Japanese surname.

a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl

a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl

(Buddhism) dead memorial service where many gather to transcribe a sutra in one day