N2587/1725

真まっ先さき

irregular okurigananounnoun (generic)

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まっさき

Meanings

the head, the foremost, beginning, the very front

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは真っ先まっさきに手てを挙あげた。

She was the first to raise her hand.

火事かじが起おきたとき、真っ先まっさきに子供こどもたちを外そとに連つれ出だした。

When the fire broke out, I was the first to lead the children outside.

新製品しんせいひんが発売はつばいされると、彼かれは真っ先まっさきに買かいに行いく。

Whenever a new product is released, he is always the first to go buy it.

問題もんだいが発生はっせいしたとき、真っ先まっさきに責任せきにんを取とるべきはリーダーだ。

When a problem arises, it is the leader who should be the first to take responsibility.

予算よさん削減さくげんが決きまった際さい、真っ先まっさきに影響えいきょうを受うけるのは現場げんばの従業員じゅうぎょういんたちであろう。

When budget cuts are decided, it will likely be the frontline employees who are affected first.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)