"先ず" meaning in Japanese

See 先ず in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ma̠zɨ] Forms: 先ず [canonical] (ruby: ()), mazu [romanization], madu [romanization], まづ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|まず|hhira=まづ}} 先(ま)ず • (mazu) ^(←まづ (madu)?)
  1. first of all
    Sense id: en-先ず-ja-adv-4zypZdoq
  2. anyway
    Sense id: en-先ず-ja-adv-l1GffCiL
  3. about; roughly; just about
    Sense id: en-先ず-ja-adv-XLUEp2ML 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: 2 0 95 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 0 90 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 0 91 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 0 91 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 0 93 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 94 4
  4. (with a negative verb) hardly; not really
    Sense id: en-先ず-ja-adv-I3b-mdKX Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 17 0 37 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 先ず先ず (mazumazu) (ruby: (), ()), 先ず以て (mazumotte) (ruby: (), (もっ)), 先ずは (mazu wa) (ruby: ())
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mazumazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ず先ず"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mazumotte",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "以",
          "もっ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ず以て"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mazu wa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ずは"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "先ず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "madu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まづ",
      "roman": "madu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "まず",
        "hhira": "まづ"
      },
      "expansion": "先(ま)ず • (mazu) ^(←まづ (madu)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Really? First the color of the maid costume was different...",
          "roman": "Sō? Mazu meido-fuku no iro ga chigau shi…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "服",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "いろ"
            ],
            [
              "違",
              "ちが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そう?先ずメイド服の色が違うし…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first of all"
      ],
      "id": "en-先ず-ja-adv-4zypZdoq",
      "links": [
        [
          "first of all",
          "first of all"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anyway"
      ],
      "id": "en-先ず-ja-adv-l1GffCiL",
      "links": [
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 95 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 90 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 91 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 91 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 93 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 94 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about; roughly; just about"
      ],
      "id": "en-先ず-ja-adv-XLUEp2ML",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "roughly",
          "roughly"
        ],
        [
          "just about",
          "just about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 0 37 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hardly; not really"
      ],
      "id": "en-先ず-ja-adv-I3b-mdKX",
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a negative verb) hardly; not really"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a negative verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "まず"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠zɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先ず"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with づ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mazumazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ず先ず"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mazumotte",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "以",
          "もっ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ず以て"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mazu wa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先ずは"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "先ず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "madu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まづ",
      "roman": "madu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "まず",
        "hhira": "まづ"
      },
      "expansion": "先(ま)ず • (mazu) ^(←まづ (madu)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Really? First the color of the maid costume was different...",
          "roman": "Sō? Mazu meido-fuku no iro ga chigau shi…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "服",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "いろ"
            ],
            [
              "違",
              "ちが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そう?先ずメイド服の色が違うし…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first of all"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first of all",
          "first of all"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anyway"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "about; roughly; just about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "roughly",
          "roughly"
        ],
        [
          "just about",
          "just about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hardly; not really"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a negative verb) hardly; not really"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a negative verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "まず"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠zɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先ず"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 先ず meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "先ず"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "先ず",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "先ず"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "先ず",
  "trace": ""
}

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