"つい" meaning in Japanese

See つい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: tsui [romanization]
Etymology: Possibly related to 付き (tsuki) , with a semantic transition of “to attach” to “near”. Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} つい • (tsui)
  1. just now; quite near
    Sense id: en-つい-ja-adv-G~xptIvc
  2. just now without thinking / subconsciously
    Sense id: en-つい-ja-adv-aSe5C3Cf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-つい-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for つい meaning in Japanese (0.9kB)

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