元々
Meanings
Adverb
No-adjective
1. originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature (Usually kana)
Na-adjective
Noun
2. none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before) (Usually kana, usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc.)
Other spellings
元元もともと
Kanji used
Pitch accent
もともと
Examples7
彼ら
They destroyed the native civilization.
彼ら
They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.
「服
"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
彼ら
Originally they were farmers.
彼
He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.
確かに、
Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.