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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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adverb

long ago; a long time ago; already

usually written using kana alone

Emphasizes that something happened or was completed much earlier than the current moment, often with a nuance of 'already done' or 'long since'. Common in spoken and written Japanese.

彼かれはとっくに帰かえりました。
He went home a long time ago.

その問もん題だいはとっくに解かい決けつしている。

That problem has already been solved.