先ず

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先
ま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まず (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Adverb

先(ま)ず • (mazu) ^{←まづ (madu)^?}

first of all
そう？先(ま)ずメイド服(ふく)の色(いろ)が違(ちが)うし…
Sō? Mazu meido-fuku no iro ga chigau shi…
Really? First the color of the maid costume was different...
anyway
about; roughly; just about
(with a negative verb) hardly; not really

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Derived terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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