元もとの木もく阿あ弥みもとのもくあみFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000Meanings1expressionback to square one; ending up right back where one startedIdiomatic expression used when efforts or changes ultimately result in returning to the original, often undesirable, state. Conveys a sense of futility or irony.せっかく昇しょう進しんしたのに、部ぶ署しょが統とう合ごうされて元もとの木もく阿あ弥みだ。I finally got promoted, but the departments merged and I'm right back where I started.
