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

(idiomatic) to take on a fight; lit. to buy a fight

buy on credit

stocking up

stock up

to displease someone (due to one's speech or conduct), to be frowned upon

(slang) Of an adult, buying (chiefly childish) things in great amounts (due to newfound purchasing power).