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Meaning of 元々 in Japanese
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元々, 本々, 元元, 本本JLPT 2
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Kana Readingもともと
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Romajimotomoto
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- originally; by nature; from the start
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Examples of 元々, 本々, 元元, 本本, もともと in a sentence
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「服汚れるでしょ」「それはノープロブレム。もともとあんまり綺麗じゃないし」
You'll get your clothes dirty. "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
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彼らは西洋人がやってくる以前から、もともと住んでいたニュージランド人なのです。
They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.
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They destroyed the native civilization.
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Originally they were farmers.
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He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
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He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
Related Kanji
本
JLPT 5
5 strokes
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
On'Yomi: ホン
Kun'Yomi: もと