Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #804)

「是でも元は財産家なんだがなあ」

translation

"Even so, he was originally a wealthy man."

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now : origin (もと), source, base, basis, foundation 財産家: wealthy individual (ざいさんか), person of wealth

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