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    3. 元より

    元より

    元もとよ​り​

    from the beginning

    KMT6CoreAdverbCore ConceptsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    固より素より

    もとより

    Adverb

    1.
    from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    of course
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれは元もとよりその計けい画かくに反はん対たいだった。

    He was against that plan from the beginning.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    その問もん題だいは元もとより解かい決けつ済ずみだ。

    That problem is, of course, already solved.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    このルールは元もとより存そん在ざいしていた。

    This rule existed from the beginning.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    元もとより、彼かれの意い見けんは重じゅう要ようだ。

    Of course, his opinion is important.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    彼かれは英えい語ご元もとよりフランス語ごも話はなせる。

    He can speak French, not to mention English.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    Kanji
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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