のっけから

expression, adverb

from the very start; right from the beginning

Colloquial expression emphasizing that something happens immediately at the outset, often with a sense of abruptness or intensity.

• のっけから難むずかしい質しつ問もんをされて困こまった。

  I was thrown off when I got a difficult question right from the start.

• 彼かれはのっけから遅ち刻こくしてきた。

  He showed up late right from the very beginning.