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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

元がん来らい

N1
がんらい ganrai
  1. originally
  2. primarily
  3. essentially
  4. logically
  5. 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"
  }
}