Lingakuさっき
Frequency rank: 465. (for form 先: 447.)
- a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time agoword usually written using kana alone
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
Forms
- さっきFrequency rank: 465.
- 先【さっき】Frequency rank: 447.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
This expression is used to refer to a recent point in time, often within the same day or hour. It suggests that something happened very shortly before the present moment.
I spoke with him a moment ago.
It was raining just now.
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Example sentences
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Never mind that, just take out what you've just nicked from your bag.
With most of the arts, if you don't get the basics down properly then it is difficult to acquire further skills.
Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.
Please let us know your company's thoughts on this matter first.
At present a very great number of people are seeking to participate and, depending on circumstances, up to a month ahead is fully booked.
It seems like that she wasn't acting back then; they were her real feelings.
No doubt, regardless of the time, she was planning to go to the net café without me if I hadn't arrived first.
And so it seems she tried phoning but it's who was on the other end of that phone that was the problem.
Was your difficulty in getting up back then also because you wanted to be chastized I wonder?
This rat, up until just now he was my partner and now he's gone and turned on me.
You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?
It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.
Please go ahead of me, because I have something to do.
Tomorrow ... tomorrow seemed such a long, long way off.