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Meaning of 元い(もとい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 元い

Kana Reading もとい

Romaji motoi

Parts of speech

interjection (kandoushi)

Meaning

(in calisthenics) return to your original position!

Example sentence

２人っきりでデート・・もとい、ＯＦＦ会だと思ったけど、そこまで甘くもないよな。 So I thought my date, er rather, offline-meeting was going to be just me and her but things aren't that easy.
Parts of speech

Meaning

er, rather (used in speech to correct yourself)

Examples of 元い, もとい in a sentence

２人っきりでデート・・もとい、ＯＦＦ会だと思ったけど、そこまで甘くもないよな。

So I thought my date, er rather, offline-meeting was going to be just me and her but things aren't that easy.

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Kanji in this word

元 JLPT 4

4 strokes

beginning, former time, origin

On'Yomi: ゲン, ガン

Kun'Yomi: もと

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