JLPT N2

All JLPT 2 grammar : にも関わらず（にも関わらず, ni mo kakawarazu, ni kakawarazu）, in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

All JLPT 2 grammar : 元より（もとより, moto yori, wa moto yori）, from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally