"そもそも" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "somosomo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "そもそも • (somosomo)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "抑",
              "ソモ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "ソモ"
            ],
            [
              "帝",
              "テイ"
            ],
            [
              "國",
              "コク"
            ],
            [
              "臣",
              "シン"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "ミン"
            ],
            [
              "康",
              "カウ"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "ネイ"
            ],
            [
              "圖",
              "ハカ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "1945, 大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書\n抑々帝國臣民ノ康寧ヲ圖リ\nSomosomo teikoku shinmin no kōnei o hakari\nTo strive for the well-being and security of the empire's subjects"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the first place, to begin with, (in a question) at all"
      ],
      "id": "en-そもそも-ja-conj-Vleu8lrk",
      "links": [
        [
          "in the first place",
          "in the first place"
        ],
        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "そもそも"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "somosomo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "そもそも • (somosomo)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese conjunctions",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "抑",
              "ソモ"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "ソモ"
            ],
            [
              "帝",
              "テイ"
            ],
            [
              "國",
              "コク"
            ],
            [
              "臣",
              "シン"
            ],
            [
              "民",
              "ミン"
            ],
            [
              "康",
              "カウ"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "ネイ"
            ],
            [
              "圖",
              "ハカ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "1945, 大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書\n抑々帝國臣民ノ康寧ヲ圖リ\nSomosomo teikoku shinmin no kōnei o hakari\nTo strive for the well-being and security of the empire's subjects"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the first place, to begin with, (in a question) at all"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in the first place",
          "in the first place"
        ],
        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "そもそも"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "そもそも"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "そもそも",
  "trace": ""
}