まさに

まさに · masani · JLPT N3 · adverb

surely

🎯 Written 正に, with 正 as in 正しい (correct): exactly, surely

まさに is often written 正に, and 正 is the same kanji as in 正しい (tadashii, correct) and 正解 (seikai, right answer). It stresses that something is exactly so: まさにその通り means exactly right.

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