正に

正に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正
まさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ま​さに [máꜜsànì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sa̠ɲ̟i]

Adverb

正に (hiragana まさに, rōmaji masa ni)

1. just, exactly
2. surely, certainly
3. quite, really

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.