元来
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originalmente;por naturaleza propia
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originally;essentially;naturally;by nature;really;actually
元来フットボールとは、ポロのように馬に乗って行われる競技とは違って、足で、ボールを使って行われる競技のことでした。
Football originally meant "a game played with a ball on foot" - unlike a game played on horseback, such as polo.
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in the first place;to begin with