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元々、元元、本本、本々 もともと motomoto

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  1. adverb (fukushi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' word usually written using kana alone originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
  2. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

Kanji in this word

beginning, former, time

Example sentences

彼は自分のもともとの計画を成し遂げることに固執した。
kare ha jibun no motomoto no keikaku wo nashitogeru koto ni koshitsu shi ta 。
He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
確かに、脳と意識の関係はもともと因果関係ではないのだと考える学者もいる。
tashika ni 、 nou to ishiki no kankei ha motomoto inga kankei de ha nai no da to kangaeru gakusha mo iru 。
Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.
もともと建築デザインという分野で提案されたエメット理論がなぜ物理学において重要なのかを明らかにしたい。
motomoto kenchiku dezain to iu bun'ya de teian sa re ta emetto riron ga naze butsuri gaku ni oi te juuyou na no ka wo akiraka ni shi tai 。
I hope to make clear why I think Emmet's theory, originally introduced in the field of design architecture, is so important in physics.
「服汚れるでしょ」「それはノープロブレム。もともとあんまり綺麗じゃないし」
「 fuku yogoreru desho 」 「 sore ha noo puroburemu 。 motomoto anmari kirei ja nai shi 」
"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
彼らは西洋人がやってくる以前から、もともと住んでいたニュージランド人なのです。
kare ra ha seiyou nin ga yaxtsu te kuru izen kara 、 motomoto sun de i ta nyuujirando nin na no desu 。
They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.
彼らは元々あった文明を破壊した。
kare ra ha motomoto axtsu ta bunmei wo hakai shi ta 。
They destroyed the native civilization.

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