What is the meaning of すべてはじまりそれが答えだろ


> 夢見るコトが すべてはじまり それが答えだろ 誰より遠くへ飛んで見せるよ すべての明日を貫いて

This is a passage of the the song "The Biggest Dreamer" which is the opening
of digimon tamers.

I would like to know the meaning of that すべてはじまり. Is it missing a の? Is it a
casual way of saying すべてのはじまり？ I believe it means "Dreaming is the start of
everything" but why isn't there a の？




> Is it missing a の? Is it a casual way of saying すべてのはじまり?

No, you usually cannot omit の at this position if "start of everything" is the
intended meaning. So you should first see if this すべて is working adverbially.
Just as "これはすべて本だ" means "These are _all_ books", "夢見るコトがすべてはじまり(だ)" could
mean "(Actions of) dreaming are _all_ beginnings", or a little more naturally,
"Dreaming is _always_ the start (of something)".

(I said "usually" because this is a part of lyrics; if the adverbial reading
fails, we may have to accept the adjectival reading even though it's incorrect
in prose. But the adverbial reading seems to fit the context in this case.)




> Is it missing a の? Is it a casual way of saying すべてのはじまり?

No, you usually cannot omit の at this position if "start of everything" is the
intended meaning. So you should first see if this すべて is working adverbially.
Just as "これはすべて本だ" means "These are _all_ books", "夢見るコトがすべてはじまり(だ)" could
mean "(Actions of) dreaming are _all_ beginnings", or a little more naturally,
"Dreaming is _always_ the start (of something)".

(I said "usually" because this is a part of lyrics; if the adverbial reading
fails, we may have to accept the adjectival reading even though it's incorrect
in prose. But the adverbial reading seems to fit the context in this case.)

