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真っ先 (まっさき): foremost, beginning — Japanese vocabulary

真っ先 is read まっさき and means "foremost, beginning". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

真っ先

Reading
まっさき · massaki
Translation
foremost, beginning
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
まっさきがまっさきが

Example

あすの朝まっさきにそれを片付けます。

あすのあさまっさきにそれをかたづけます。

I'll do that first thing in the morning.

Kanji in this word

  • 真 — truth, real
  • 先 — previous, ahead

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