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そもそも、なぜそんなことをしたの?

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そもそも、

in the first place; to begin with; originally

adverb, noun, conjunction, no-adjective

why; how; for what reason

そんな

such; that kind of; like that

pre-noun adjective, interjection

thing; matter; the fact that; doing

noun, noun suffix

do; carry out; perform; make; cause to become; turn into a state; work as; serve as; act as; wear; put on; have an expression; regard as; treat as; use as; value; decide on; choose; be sensed; smell; sound; feel; be in a state; have a condition; look; cost; be worth; pass; elapse; appoint to; make someone; raise to a position; turn A into B; make A into B; exchange A for B; make a noun into a verb; do as an action; make a humble verb; try to; attempt to; be about to

-> するsuru verb, suffix, auxiliary

past tense or completed action

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker