Word Meaning 元職

もとしょく motoshoku

元職 is read as もとしょく (motoshoku) and means former job.

Meaning

English

former job
former position

Reading

Kana

もとしょく

Romaji

motoshoku

Writing Variants

元職げんしょく genshoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 77879 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

元首

げんしゅ

sovereign

元号

げんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

元利

がんり

principal and interest

元老

げんろう

genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

元祖

がんそ

progenitor

元首相

もとしゅしょう

former prime minister

元和

げんな

Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30)

元期

げんき

epoch

元治

げんじ

Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)

元を取る

もとをとる

to recover a cost

元交際相手

もとこうさいあいて

former boyfriend

元本割れ

がんぽんわれ

falling below par (value)