Word Meaning 元首相

もとしゅしょう motoshushou

元首相 is read as もとしゅしょう (motoshushou) and means former prime minister.

Meaning

English

former prime minister
former premier
former chancellor

Reading

Kana

もとしゅしょう

Romaji

motoshushou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 47995 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

元首

げんしゅ

sovereign

元交際相手

もとこうさいあいて

former boyfriend

首相

しゅしょう

prime minister

前首相

ぜんしゅしょう

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent)

新首相

しんしゅしょう

new prime minister

アイルランドの首相

あいるらんどのしゅしょう

taoiseach

次期首相

じきしゅしょう

incoming prime minister

連邦首相

れんぽうしゅしょう

federal chancellor

副首相

ふくしゅしょう

deputy prime minister

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう

prime minister also serving as foreign minister

国家元首

こっかげんしゅ

head of a state

首元

くびもと

base of the throat

Example Sentences

自爆テロ犯はベナジル・ブット元首相に向けて発砲したが、弾はそれた。

The suicide bomber fired towards former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but missed.

２００６年９月の軍事クーデターで失脚、事実上亡命中だったタイのタクシン元首相が２８日、約１年半ぶりに帰国した。

Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.