元はと言えば

もとはといえばmotohatoieba

expression

  1. when it comes to the cause
  2. when you get right down to it
  3. as for what started it
  4. as for the reason
  5. originally

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences