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| 1. |
[adv]
▶ originally ▶ essentially ▶ naturally ▶ by nature ▶ really ▶ actually |
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| 2. |
[adv]
▶ in the first place ▶ to begin with |
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| 2. | A 2018-01-31 04:17:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | I find it hard to split those two. I see Wadoku has three senses: (adv) (1) eigentlich; ursprünglich; (2) im Grunde; vor allen Dingen; in erster Linie; (3) in Wirklichkeit; in Wahrheit |
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| 1. | A* 2018-01-30 20:07:35 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij, koj, gg5 |
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| Comments: | All the kokugos have two senses but I'm not sure there's much of a distinction when translated into English. Don't like "primarily" or "logically" as glosses for sense 1. [adv], not [n-adv]. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17 +17 @@ -<pos>&n-adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -19 +18,0 @@ -<gloss>primarily</gloss> @@ -21 +19,0 @@ -<gloss>logically</gloss> @@ -22,0 +21,8 @@ +<gloss>by nature</gloss> +<gloss>really</gloss> +<gloss>actually</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<gloss>in the first place</gloss> +<gloss>to begin with</gloss> |
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