Japanese Word Entry

先ず
Kana:まず
Romaji:mazu
Definitions:
  1. first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else

  2. probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually

  3. more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably

  4. anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being


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Chinese characters used in this word

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence, first, former
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢ (xiān)
Cantonese: sin1
Japanese: セン (sen) / さき (saki)、 ま.ず (mazu)、 さきんじる (sakinjiru)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tiên, tiến