つい先日(せんじつ)

ついせんじつ
adverb
just the other day; only recently
time-general
1. just the other day; only recently; not long ago
An emphatic way of saying 'the other day,' stressing that the event happened very recently — typically within the last few days or weeks.
つい先日(せんじつ)会(あ)ったばかりだ。
I just saw them the other day.
つい先日(せんじつ)、新(あたら)しいレストランがオープンした。
Just the other day, a new restaurant opened.
つい先日(せんじつ)買(か)ったばかりのスマホを落(お)として画面(がめん)が割(わ)れてしまった。
I dropped the smartphone I had just bought the other day and cracked the screen.

つい adds emphasis to 先日(せんじつ) (the other day), making it feel more immediate — 'just' the other day. The つい here conveys the sense of 'only just' or 'so recently that it still feels fresh.'

Common patterns

  • つい先日(せんじつ)～ばかり — just the other day (with ばかり for further emphasis)
  • つい先日(せんじつ)のことだ — it was just the other day

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: つい昨日 (just yesterday)
Compare: この間(あいだ) (the other day, recently)
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Added 2026.3.27 9:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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