| Kanji | そもそも |
| Reading | そもそも |
| Romaji | somosomo |
| Meaning | in the first place; originally |
| Part of Speech | conjunction |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N2 |
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そもそも (そもそも, somosomo) means "in the first place; originally" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word.
そもそも is pronounced "somosomo" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is そもそも.
そもそも is a JLPT N2 word. JLPT N2 is the upper-intermediate level with ~6,000 words.