そもそも

Japanese

Alternative spellings
抑々 抑 抑も

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

そもそも • (somosomo) 

1. in the first place, to begin with, (in a question) at all
   • 1945, 大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書

     抑(ソモ)々(ソモ)帝(テイ)國(コク)臣(シン)民(ミン)ノ康(カウ)寧(ネイ)ヲ圖(ハカ)リ

     Somosomo teikoku shinmin no kōnei o hakari

     To strive for the well-being and security of the empire's subjects