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真っ先

まっさき

the very front, the first thing, first of all

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Examples

  1. 彼が真っ先に手を挙げた。

    かれがまっさきにてをあげた。

    He was the first to raise his hand.

  2. あすの朝、真っ先にそれを片付けます。

    あすのあさ、まっさきにそれをかたづけます。

    I'll deal with that first thing in the morning.

  3. 地震のとき、真っ先に頭に浮かんだのは家族のことだった。

    じしんのとき、まっさきにあたまにうかんだのはかぞくのことだった。

    During the earthquake, the first thing that came to mind was my family.

Common patterns

真っ先に
first of all, before anything else
真っ先に思い浮かぶ
be the first thing to come to mind
真っ先に駆けつける
be the first to rush to the scene

Memory tip

真っ is an intensifier (真っ赤, 真っ白), so this is "the very tip". It appears almost only as 真っ先に, and unlike 最初 it stresses beating everyone else to it.

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