Definition of 元々 (もともと)

もともと

元々

もともと

motomoto

JLPT N2

Common word

adverb, no-adjective

•

originally, by nature, from the start(usually kana)

Related Kanji

元	beginning, former time, origin
本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Example sentences(showing 8 results)

かれ

もともと

ぶんめい

はかい

They destroyed the native civilization

かれ

のうぎょう

Originally they were farmers

かれ

じぶん

けいかく

と

こしつ

He persisted in accomplishing his original plan

かれ

じぶん

けいかく

なと

こしつ

He persisted in accomplishing his original plan

かれ

せいようじん

いぜん

、

す

ひと

They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came

けんちく

ぶんや

ていあん

エメット

りろん

ぶつりがく

じゅうよう

あき

I hope to make clear why I think Emmet's theory, originally introduced in the field of design architecture, is so important in physics

たし

確かに

、

のう

いしき

かんけい

いんがかんけい

かんが

がくしゃ

Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place

「

ふく

よご

」「

。

きれい

"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place.