上に うえに - Grammar Discussion

as well
besides
in addition to

Structure

  • Verb + 上に
  • いAdj + 上に
  • Noun・の + 上に
  • Noun・である + 上に
  • なAdj・な + 上に
  • なAdj・である + 上に

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Can someone help understand the phrase?
In かれは、あやしいうえ気持きもわるいから、まずもてない
What is まずもてない made of?

まず with a negative verb means something like “hardly”.
もてる means to be popular, in particular with the opposite sex.

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On the reference links, one of them leads to a 日本語の森 private link. Maybe they made it private some time after it was added?