Kana words#653 most used

そもそも1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

in the first place; originally

IN A SENTENCE

そもそも、どうして日本にほんに来きたの？

Why did you come to Japan in the first place?

written for Tangoya

そもそも開発かいはつする人ひとがいない。

There is no one to develop them in the first place.

from Tatoeba · KK_kaku_

in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

adverb · noun

TANGOYA ASKS

after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

conjunction

beginning; start

noun · takes の

Kindかな語, kana words

Frequency#653 most used

Writtenそもそも only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium