Meaning of first in Japanese
Definition of first
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(n-adv) best; first; number one
1つがいのカナリアだけが彼女の友達であった。
A pair of canaries are her only friends. - game; round; bout; fall; event (in a meet)
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(adv) promptly; quickly; without delay
ねずみはいち早く沈みそうな船を見捨てる。
Rats leave a sinking ship. - before others; first
- (n) upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
- top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
- long ago
- beginning; first
- person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
- government; imperial court
- imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
- head (of a table)
- wife; mistress (of a restaurant)
- (n) best; greatest; first
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(adv) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
「成功に必要なのは何よりもまず忍耐だ」と先生は言った。
The teacher said, "Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance." -
hardly (with neg. verb)
あのチームは、あるとしても、まず優勝の望みはない。
That team has little, if any, chance of winning.
- (n) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
- beginning; start; first
- odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least
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(n) head; lead; vanguard; first
さあ出発しよう。君先頭を行きなさい。
Let's start now, and you go first.
- (n) first (proofs)
