Vocabulary

元々

originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

adverb adj-no
N2 freq #33

Example sentences

He persisted in accomplishing his original plan.

Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.

"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."

They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.

Originally they were farmers.