Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 先ず先ず(まずまず) in Japanese

先ず先ず
Kana Reading
まずまず
Romaji
mazumazu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi)
    Meaning
    tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
    Example sentence
    仕事まずまず出来が、とても優秀とは言えなかった His work was acceptable, but far from excellent.

Examples of 先ず先ず, まずまず in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

6 strokes

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: さき, ま.ず

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