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已

已: already

already; stop (literary)
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Readings

On
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Kun
やむ・すでに・のみ・はなはだ

Looks like 己 and 巳. Modern writing replaces it: 既に, 止む, 以上 are used instead of 已に, 已む, 已上.

Key words

已にすでにalready
已むやむto stop; to cease
已むを得ないやむをえないunavoidable
已上いじょうnot less than; the above

Example sentences

The sun had already set, and a cold wind had begun to blow along the mountain path.

The rain did not let up even at night, and the river kept rising.

The trains have stopped because of the typhoon, so canceling the trip can't be helped.

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