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JLPT N1pre-noun adjectivalLevel estimated by Bebop

ファースト

faasuto

first

Used mainly before another loanword, as in ファーストクラス. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ファーストクラスでお願ねがいします。

    I’d like to travel first-class.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ファーストネームでお呼よびすることをお許ゆるし下ください。

    Please excuse me for calling you by your first name.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは失礼しつれいもかえりみず、彼かれをファースト・ネームで呼よんだ。

    I took the liberty of calling him by his first name.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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