Illustration: In a home kitchen, a parent guides a child's hands under the running tap before they begin making rice balls. Soap foam covers their fingers, and the child looks eagerly toward a waiting bowl of rice and neatly prepared fillings on the counter.

JLPT N4adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

まず

mazu

first, first of all

Example sentences

  1. まず彼かれは駅えきへ行いった。

    First of all, he went to the station.

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  2. まず出席しゅっせきを取とります。

    I’ll take attendance first.

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  3. まず体温たいおんを計はかりましょう。

    Let’s take your temperature first.

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