元
- On
- げん;がん
- Kun
- もと
- Stroke count
- 4
・beginning
・former time
・origin
Japanese dictionary
Dictionary: “元より”
元より
もとより
not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ...
Example sentence
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
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