そもそも
Japanese
Alternative spellings
抑々
抑
抑も
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
そ
もそも
[sóꜜmòsòmò]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]
Conjunction
そもそも
• (
somosomo
)
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
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN