真っ先

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)

1. the very first; the foremost

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN