(conj) in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio
そもそもなぜ鳥は移動するのだろうか。
In the first place, why do the birds migrate at all?

たどたどしい(tadotadoshii) 【辿々しい ·辿辿しい ·辿たどしい】

(adj-i) with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
老人がたどたどしい足取りで歩いてきた。
An old man came tottering along.

つくづく(tsukuzuku) · つくつく(tsukutsuku) 【熟 ·熟熟 ·熟々】

(adj-na, adv) completely; really; thoroughly; deeply; severely; intently
彼は、自分の不幸をつくづく考えた。
He brooded over his misfortunes.

ひしひし(hishihishi) 【犇犇 ·犇々 ·緊緊 ·緊々】

ふてぶてしい(futebuteshii) 【太々しい ·太太しい】

Sentences containing 々

「背が伸びて入らないはいるわよね」「そう、断じてだんじて太ったわけではない！」「成長せいちょうしたするという便利な言葉は我々われわれの切り札きりふだ」

"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."

"He is loved by many, isn't he?" "Yes, he is."

May your days be happy, and may all your Christmas be white.

At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.

I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.

Yeah, I've always thought it's as plain as the nose on your face.

ああ、そうだね。時々ときどきテレビで見るみるよ。

Oh, yes. I sometimes see him on TV.

「蝶々夫人」の舞台ぶたいは長崎に置かれている。

'Madame Butterfly' is set in Nagasaki.

「時々ときどき、彼かれと離婚りこんしようすると思うおもうの」「冗談じょうだんだろう！」

"Now and then I think of divorcing him." "You must be kidding!"

「有志連合ゆうしれんごう」とは、イラク戦争イラクせんそうでイラクを相手あいてに協力きょうりょくしてする戦った国々くにぐにのことを指すさす言葉である。

The "Coalition of the Willing" is a phrase that refers to the countries that fought together against Iraq in the Iraq War.