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そもそも

usually kana

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adv, nin the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio
  2. 2.
    conjafter all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
  3. 3.
    n, adj-nobeginning; start

Example sentences

そもそもなぜ鳥は移動するのだろうか。

Why do birds migrate in the first place?

そもそも事故の大半は熱帯雨林ではなく、身近な場所でおこるのである。

Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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