Illustration: In a Japanese family's living room, two adults have surrounded an unresponsive electric fan with a remote control, spare batteries, and a small screwdriver. One inspects the remote while the other peers through the fan grille.

そもそも

somosomo

in the first place, originally

Example sentences

そもそも開発かいはつする人ひとがいない。
There is no one to develop them in the first place.
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そもそもなぜ鳥とりは移動いどうするのだろうか。
Why do birds migrate in the first place?
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そもそもあなたたちの喧嘩けんかの原因げんいんは何なにだったの。
What was the cause for this fight in the first place?
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