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What does 早速 (さっそく, sassoku) mean?

早速 (さっそく, sassoku) means immediately, right away.

Quick facts
Readingさっそく
Romajisassoku
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
さっそく
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsassoku

immediately, right away

  1. 1adverb at once; immediately; without delay

Example sentences

  • I immediately started reading the book I had just bought.

  • Thank you for replying right away.

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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.

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