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もと

元〜

moto

used every day

English

former-, ex- (prefix)

नेपाली

पूर्व-, भूतपूर्व- (उपसर्ग)

Examples

  1. 元もと同僚どうりょうと駅えきで会あいました。

    I ran into a former colleague at the station.

  2. 元もと教師きょうしとしての経験けいけんを生いかして、通訳つうやくをしています。

    I work as an interpreter, making use of my experience as a former teacher.

  3. 元もと社長しゃちょうの発言はつげんをめぐって、議論ぎろんが起おきています。

    There's a debate going on over remarks made by the former company president.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

元 4 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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