先ず

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

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

先(ま)ず先(ま)ず (mazumazu)
先(ま)ず以(もっ)て (mazumotte)
先(ま)ずは (mazu wa)

References

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

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