元来

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 元来 – see 原來 (“the beginning; the past; original; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 元來, which is in turn a variant form of 原來).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
元 来
がん
Grade: 2		 らい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
元來 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) が​んらい [gáꜜǹràì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡã̠nɾa̠i]

Adverb

元(がん)来(らい) • (ganrai) ←ぐわんらい (gwanrai)?

  1. originally
  2. essentially, primarily
  3. by nature

Synonyms

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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