直ぐに

直ぐに

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直
す Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sunko. Cognate with Miyako 直ぐ (すぐ, sugu), Yaeyama 直ぐ (しぃぐ, sïgu), Yonaguni 直く゚ (ちく゚, chingu).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) す​ぐに [súꜜgùnì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i]

Adverb

直ぐに (hiragana すぐに, rōmaji sugu ni)

1. immediately, instantly

   すぐに直 (なお)します。

   Suguni naoshimasu.

   We will fix it immediately.

Synonyms

• 即座 (そくざ)に (sokuza ni)
• 直 (ただ)ちに (tadachi ni)

Related terms

• 直 (す)ぐ (sugu)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN