"in the first place" meaning in 英語

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "テンプレート:pronに引数が用いられているページ",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 成句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 成句 副詞句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.",
          "translation": "問題は今も仕事が楽しいかではない。そもそも仕事が楽しかったことは一度もない。"
        },
        {
          "text": "In the first place, let's get the basics settled.",
          "translation": "まず基本事項を片付けよう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "第一に。まず。最初に。そもそも。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-in_the_first_place-en-phrase-n2PuD0Ns"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "in the first place"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "テンプレート:pronに引数が用いられているページ",
    "英語",
    "英語 terms with redundant head parameter",
    "英語 成句",
    "英語 成句 副詞句"
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.",
          "translation": "問題は今も仕事が楽しいかではない。そもそも仕事が楽しかったことは一度もない。"
        },
        {
          "text": "In the first place, let's get the basics settled.",
          "translation": "まず基本事項を片付けよう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "第一に。まず。最初に。そもそも。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "in the first place"
}