真っ先
N2まっさき massaki
- the head
- the foremost
- beginning
noun
Chinese meanings
最先
Examples
- 私は真っ先に母にそれを告げた。I told it to my mother first and foremost.我第一个把那件事告诉了母亲。
- 地震が来たら、真っ先に何をしますか。When an earthquake occurs, what will you do first?地震来了,你第一件事做什么?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6df37ce93e'); // 真っ先
{
"id": "6df37ce93e",
"word": "真っ先",
"reading": "まっさき",
"romaji": "massaki",
"meanings": [
"the head",
"the foremost",
"beginning"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1363260,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は真っ先に母にそれを告げた。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は{真|ま}っ{先|さき}に{母|はは}にそれを{告|つ}げた。",
"en": "I told it to my mother first and foremost.",
"tatoeba_id": 155696
},
{
"ja": "地震が来たら、真っ先に何をしますか。",
"furigana": "{地震|じしん}が{来|き}たら、{真|ま}っ{先|さき}に{何|なに}をしますか。",
"en": "When an earthquake occurs, what will you do first?",
"tatoeba_id": 126900
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c7d9a1b5b0e2bfd5aab795eb6ee206c86914c009e677a7d73f87b8eca9d2ecd1",
"meanings": [
"最先"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は真っ先に母にそれを告げた。",
"zh": "我第一个把那件事告诉了母亲。"
},
{
"ja": "地震が来たら、真っ先に何をしますか。",
"zh": "地震来了,你第一件事做什么?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/6df37ce93e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1363260; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "215f34f3bdcbe70a55c62bda02e105ef074de5bbd72304b5749c49ef86be77fb"
}
}