既に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
既
すで Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 已に

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すでに [súꜜdènì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨde̞ɲ̟i]

Adverb

既(すで)に • (sude ni)

already
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  発見(はっけん)された時(とき)は既(すで)に手(て)遅(おく)れの状(じょう)態(たい)だった
  hakkensareta toki wa sudeni teokure no jōtaidatta
  It was already too late to be saved when discovered

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN