元来
N1がんらい ganrai
- originally
- primarily
- essentially
- logically
- naturally
adverb
Chinese meanings
原来;本来
Examples
- 元来の私は、内向的なんですよ。こんなところで、ちゃーちゃー言ってますけど。I'm an introvert by nature, but here I am going on and on.我本来是内向的,虽然现在在这里说个不停。
- 彼は元来慎重な人だ。He is cautious by nature.他本来就是个谨慎的人。
- この道は元来川だった。This road was originally a river.这条路原来是一条河。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bad0f9f7f6'); // 元来
{
"id": "bad0f9f7f6",
"word": "元来",
"reading": "がんらい",
"romaji": "ganrai",
"meanings": [
"originally",
"primarily",
"essentially",
"logically",
"naturally"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1261080,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "元来の私は、内向的なんですよ。こんなところで、ちゃーちゃー言ってますけど。",
"en": "I'm an introvert by nature, but here I am going on and on.",
"tatoeba_id": 10906674
},
{
"ja": "彼は元来慎重な人だ。",
"en": "He is cautious by nature."
},
{
"ja": "この道は元来川だった。",
"en": "This road was originally a river."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "8b100d77ab7ee72227428cbeaf0da8b181aa803e8cf7de7ffe7ce2ce4a9df0f5",
"meanings": [
"原来",
"本来"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "元来の私は、内向的なんですよ。こんなところで、ちゃーちゃー言ってますけど。",
"zh": "我本来是内向的,虽然现在在这里说个不停。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は元来慎重な人だ。",
"zh": "他本来就是个谨慎的人。"
},
{
"ja": "この道は元来川だった。",
"zh": "这条路原来是一条河。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/bad0f9f7f6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1261080; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "15c2f6e9c08eebc27574b406b3286bc3e1e96004b1388cbac1a0ad4419275feb",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}