"元々" meaning in Japanese

See 元々 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: 元々 [canonical] (ruby: (もと), (もと)), motomoto [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of 元 (moto, “origin”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|元|t=origin|tr=moto}} 元 (moto, “origin”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|もともと}} 元(もと)々(もと) • (motomoto)
  1. originally, from the start
    Sense id: en-元々-ja-adv-5H3OJMg6

Noun

Forms: 元々 [canonical] (ruby: (もと), (もと)), motomoto [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of 元 (moto, “origin”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|元|t=origin|tr=moto}} 元 (moto, “origin”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|もともと}} 元(もと)々(もと) • (motomoto)
  1. original state from the start
    Sense id: en-元々-ja-noun-8V7N13bX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 95

Download JSON data for 元々 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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