既

Meaning

既 centers on something that has already happened or been completed: previously, already, or long ago. It marks a state that is finished and now taken as a given.

• 既にすでに
  N3

  already

• 既存きそん

  existing

• 既婚きこん
  N2

  married

• 既成きせい
  N1

  established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed

• 既知きち

  (already) known; established

• 既刊きかん

  already published

• 既定きてい

  established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

• 既出きしゅつ

  previously presented; already shown; previously posed (exam question); aforementioned

• 既得きとく

  vested; already acquired

• 皆既かいき

  total eclipse; totality

• 既製きせい
  N1

  ready-made; off the shelf

• 既往きおう

  the past

• 既設きせつ

  established; existing

• 既遂きすい

  already finished (action); already accomplished

• 既報きほう

  previous report; previous announcement

• 皆既食かいきしょく

  total eclipse (solar or lunar); totality

• 既往症きおうしょう

  illness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history; anamnesis

• 既得権きとくけん

  vested rights

• 既成事実きせいじじつ

  established fact; fait accompli

• 既製服きせいふく

  ready-made clothes; ready-to-wear clothes; off-the-rack clothes; off-the-peg clothes

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