そもそも

Japanese

Alternative spellings
抑々抑抑も

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そもそも [sóꜜmòsòmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]

Conjunction

そもそも • (somosomo)

in the first place, to begin with, (in a question) at all
- 1945, 大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書
  抑(ソモ)々(ソモ)帝(テイ)國(コク)臣(シン)民(ミン)ノ康(カウ)寧(ネイ)ヲ圖(ハカ)リ
  Somosomo teikoku shinmin no kōnei o hakari
  To strive for the well-being and security of the empire's subjects

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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