元首相 – vocab dash

元もと首しゅ相しょう

Meanings

Noun

1. former prime minister; former premier; former chancellor

Kanji used

元origin 首neck 相towards each other

Composed of

元もと

origin; source; beginning; basis; base; foundation; root; cause; (raw) material; ingredient; …

Noun

首しゅ相しょう

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

Noun

Examples2

自じ爆ばくテロ犯はんはベナジル・ブット元もと首しゅ相しょうに向むけて発はっ砲ぽうしたが、弾たまはそれた。

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

２００６年ねん９く月がつの軍ぐん事じクーデターで失しっ脚きゃく、事じ実じつ上じょう亡ぼう命めい中ちゅうだったタイのタクシン元もと首しゅ相しょうが２８日にち、約やく１いち年ねん半はんぶりに帰き国こくした。

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.