先ず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先
ま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠zɨ]
• (Tokyo) まず [máꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Adverb

先(ま)ず • (mazu) ^{←まづ (madu)?}

1. first of all

   そう？先(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

• This term is often spelled in kana.

Derived terms

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

References

• “^△先ず”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026