そもそも

そもそも

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 抑々
• 抑

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​もそも [sóꜜmòsòmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]

Conjunction

そもそも (rōmaji somosomo)

1. in the first place, to begin with, at all (in a question)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN