抑々 – Vocabulary details

抑そも々そも

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!

suppress

そ

もそも

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