adverbつい · tsui
Englishjust (now)
- 私が彼を訪ねたのは、つい昨日のことだ。It was only yesterday that I called on him.
Englishquite (near)
- 彼の会社は私の会社のつい目と鼻の先にある。His office is very close to mine.
Englishunintentionally; subconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)
- アッシュさんはついタバコを吸わずにいられないみたいですね。I think Mr Ashe has just got to have a cigarette.
Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)