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Japanese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Conjunction
1.3
References
Japanese
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Alternative spellings
抑々
抑
抑も
Pronunciation
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(
Tokyo
)
そ
もそも
[sóꜜmòsòmò]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[1]
IPA
(
key
)
:
[so̞mo̞so̞mo̞]
Conjunction
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そもそも
•
(
somosomo
)
in the first place
, to begin with,
(
in a question
)
at all
1945
,
大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書
抑
(
ソモ
)
々
(
ソモ
)
帝
(
テイ
)
國
(
コク
)
臣
(
シン
)
民
(
ミン
)
ノ
康
(
カウ
)
寧
(
ネイ
)
ヲ
圖
(
ハカ
)
リ
Somosomo
teikoku shinmin no kōnei o hakari
To strive for the well-being and security of the empire's subjects
References
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^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tōkyō
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN