まず: first (of all)
まず mazu
first (of all); firstly; probably
JLPT N4Adverbs & connectors
Example sentences
Rice cultivation began first in northern Kyushu and gradually spread eastward.
From the lesson 縄文時代の終わりと弥生時代
From the lesson 服と織物
まず、常世の長鳴鳥、つまり長く鳴くにわとりを集めて、鳴かせました。
First, they gathered the long-crowing birds of the eternal land, that is, roosters that crow for a long time, and made them crow.
From the lesson 天岩戸