先ず

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

先ず (hiragana まず, rōmaji mazu, historical hiragana まづ)

  1. first of all
    そう？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...
  2. anyway
  3. about; roughly; just about
  4. (with a negative verb) hardly; not really

Usage notes
  • Usually written in kana alone.

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

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