Illustration: An adult dog sits on a living-room rug with one ear upright and the other permanently folded forward. A visiting child gently examines the folded ear with a concerned expression.

もともと

motomoto

originally, from the start

Example sentences

「服汚ふくよごれるでしょ」「それはノープロブレム。もともとあんまり綺麗きれいじゃないし」
"You’ll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren’t very clean in the first place."
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彼かれらはもともと農業のうぎょうをやっていました。
Originally they were farmers.
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彼かれは自分じぶんのもともとの計画けいかくを成なし遂とげることに固執こしつした。
He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
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