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もとより (motoyori)

from the first

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Meaning

もとより (motoyori) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “from the first”.

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子供こどもはもとより大人おとなもそのゲームに夢中むちゅうになっている

Adults as well as children are crazy about the game.

源頼綱の三男。

He is the third son of MINAMOTO no Yoritsuna.

源頼親の三男。

He was MINAMOTO no Yorichika's third son.

源頼賢、源頼仲は同母兄。

MINAMOTO no Yorikata and MINAMOTO no Yorinaka were his older brothers born to the same mother.

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