真っ先

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	先
ま Grade: 3	さき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

まっ先
真先

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まっさき [màssáꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) まっさき [màssákíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠sːa̠kʲi]

Noun

真っ先 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 眞っ先, hiragana まっさき, rōmaji massaki)

the very first; the foremost

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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