Word · 単語
元々
Reading もともと
originally
- 1 originally, from the start, from the beginning, from the outset, by nature
- 2 none the worse (for), (coming out) even, in the same position (as before) — usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc.
N2
JLPT
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strokes
#1596
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼らはもともと農業をやっていました。
Originally they were farmers.
彼らは元々あった文明を破壊した。
They destroyed the native civilization.
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。
He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
「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」
"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。
They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.