さっき

• 読み: さっき
• ローマ字: sakki
• 発音: /sak.ki/

意味

A little while ago; just now. Refers to a short time in the recent past.

An adverb referring to a point in the very recent past, typically within the last few minutes to an hour. More casual than 先ほど (sakihodo), which is the formal equivalent. Extremely common in everyday conversation. Can also be written 先 in kanji but is almost always written in hiragana.

例文

1. さっき田中さんから電話がありましたよ。
2. さっき食べたばかりなのにもうお腹がすいた。
3. さっきの話、もう一度聞いてもいいですか。

使い方ガイド

場面: conversation, daily life, recounting events

トーン: casual

起源と歴史

Derived from 先 (saki, before/ahead) with the emphatic geminate consonant っ. The doubling of the k sound gives it an informal, conversational tone compared to the standard 先 reading.

文化的背景

時代: Early Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal