もともと

Kana: もともと

originally; it turns out

Example sentence

この本はもともと私のです。

このほんはもともとわたしのです。

This book was originally mine.

What もともと means

もともと (もともと) is an Japanese word meaning “originally; it turns out”. It appears in the Level 3 collection, under Grammar & Phrases (and also in Level 4).

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