Practice JLPTMeaning
もとより (motoyori) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “from the first”.
Example sentences 10
子供はもとより 大人もそのゲームに 夢中になっている
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.
子に源頼風、源頼治、源頼景らがある。
His children included MINAMOTO no Yorikaze, MINAMOTO no Yoriharu, and MINAMOTO no Yorikage.
さて、この隣の男のもとよりかくなむ。
Then, she received the following from the man, who was her neighbor.
源頼成、源頼房、源頼遠、源頼基らの父。
He was the father of MINAMOTO no Yorinari, MINAMOTO no Yorifusa, MINAMOTO no Yorito, and MINAMOTO no Yorimoto.
MPEG-4AVC 録画の 実力テスト： 使いやすさはもとより、 画質・ 音質の 実力も 高い。
MPEC-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.
低 賃金、 劣悪な 労働 条件、 一方 的な 首切りなどの 経済・ 労働 問題はもとより、 各種の 人道的 問題までも 引き起こしている。
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
もとより私には彼を告訴する気などまったくなかった. Originally [At first] I had no intention whatsoever of suing him.もとより織田の大軍の前に守りきれるわけが無い。
However, it was impossible to defeat Oda's great army.