Vocabulary

What does 先だって (せんだって, sendatte) mean?

先だって (せんだって, sendatte) means the other day, recently.

Quick facts
Readingせんだって
Romajisendatte
Part of speechnoun, adverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
せんだって
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsendatte

the other day, recently

  1. 1noun · adverb the other day; some time ago; recently

Example sentences

  • I wrote a reply to the letter that arrived the other day.

  • Thank you for the other day when we met.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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