既に
N3すでに sudeni
- already
- too late
adverb
Chinese meanings
已经
Examples
- 私はもう既に朝食を済ませました。I've already eaten breakfast.我已经吃过早饭了。
- 彼女は既にその話を知っていた。She knew the story already.她已经知道那件事了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('aa2fbac408'); // 既に
{
"id": "aa2fbac408",
"word": "既に",
"reading": "すでに",
"romaji": "sudeni",
"meanings": [
"already",
"too late"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1220310,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私はもう既に朝食を済ませました。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}はもう{既|すで}に{朝食|ちょうしょく}を{済|す}ませました。",
"en": "I've already eaten breakfast.",
"tatoeba_id": 158762
},
{
"ja": "彼女は既にその話を知っていた。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{既|すで}にその{話|はなし}を{知|し}っていた。",
"en": "She knew the story already.",
"tatoeba_id": 90597
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "f01fb9f91a92731fb44b15fc095457cc281c104402fdfc13deb80f9137f352a2",
"meanings": [
"已经"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私はもう既に朝食を済ませました。",
"zh": "我已经吃过早饭了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は既にその話を知っていた。",
"zh": "她已经知道那件事了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/aa2fbac408",
"JMdict ent_seq 1220310; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "71397903474a14e43409141ff8230b3769256ac227aeca31c29c5d60fd13f790",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}