English–Japanese

“already” in Japanese

Japanese

Also早 (haya) · もう (mō)

Romajisudeni

映画はすでに始まりました。ei ga wa su de ni haji ma ri ma shi ta

The movie has already started.

“Already” in Japanese is すでに (sudeni).

Shows that something has happened before the relevant moment, so it is no longer pending.

私はすでに朝ご飯を食べました。watashi wa su de ni asa go han o ta be ma shi ta

I have already eaten breakfast.

私はすでに宿題を終えました。watashi wa su de ni shuku dai o o e ma shi ta

I have already finished my homework.

Japanese often uses すでに (sudeni) in formal announcements and written explanations, while conversation commonly uses もう (mō) for the same meaning.

haya

adverbalready

早、来たのですか？haya ki ta no de su ka

Did you get here already?

mō

adverbyet

adverbalready

もう来ましたか？mō ki ma shi ta ka

Have you arrived yet?