Japanese Vocabulary Moto

Moto  means the origin; the cause; the foundation; the basis. The word is written in hiragana  as:  Ã¥â€¦Æ' も㠁 ¨ Example Hi no moto wa tabako no fushimatsu datta.ç  «Ã£  ®Ã¥â€¦Æ'㠁 ¯Ã£â€š ¿Ã£Æ' Ã£â€š ³Ã£  ®Ã¤ ¸ Ã¥ §â€¹Ã¦Å" «Ã£   Ã£  £Ã£ Å¸Ã£â‚¬â€š Translation: The origin of the fire was careless handling of a cigarette.