はなから

expression

from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

Emphasizes that something was the case from the very beginning, often with a nuance of 'all along' or 'in the first place'. Used in negative or dismissive contexts.

• 彼かれははなからやる気きがなかった。

  He had no intention of doing it from the start.

• そんな話はなしははなから信しんじていなかった。

  I never believed that story from the beginning.