元もと

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1. 1.

   former; ex-; past; one-time

   noun, used as a prefixnoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
2. 2.

   earlier times; the past; previous state

   nounnoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
3. 3.

   formerly; previously; originally; before

   nounadverb (fukushi)

Related words

• 和歌わか

  waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae