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先刻

せんこく

a while ago; already

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Examples

  1. 先刻承知だ。

    せんこくしょうちだ。

    I am already well aware of it.

  2. 先刻お伝えしたとおりです。

    せんこくおつたえしたとおりです。

    It is as I informed you a little while ago.

  3. そんなことは先刻ご承知でしょう。

    そんなことはせんこくごしょうちでしょう。

    You surely knew that perfectly well already.

  4. 先刻の会議で決まった方針に従う。

    せんこくのかいぎできまったほうしんにしたがう。

    We will follow the policy decided at the meeting earlier.

Common patterns

先刻承知
to know full well already
先刻の話
what was said earlier
先刻ご存じ
you already know

Memory tip

Two uses: plain 'a while ago' (formal, = 先ほど), and the fixed 先刻承知 'I knew that long before you told me', which can sound curt or even sarcastic. Its opposite in schedules is 後刻 'later'.

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