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ソモソモ

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

私わたしはそもそも眠ねむる必ひつ要ようがありません。I do not need to sleep in the first place.

Conjunction

Usually written in kana

2. after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

used when bringing up something already mentioned

そもそもどうしてこんなことになってる？How on earth did it come to this?

Adjective (の)

Noun

Usually written in kana

3. beginning; start

そもそもの目もく的てきがそれでしたな！That was our original aim, wasn't it!

Alt. forms

抑そもそも

抑そも々そも

抑そもそも

抑そも抑そも

Pitch accent

ソ

モソモ

Composed of

after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

ソモソモロン

going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)