元来 がんらい originally N1 #10,561 Meanings adverb originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually in the first place; to begin with Its kanji 元 ゲン、ガン · もと beginning, former time, origin 来 ライ、タイ · く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ come, due, next, cause, become