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先 kanji
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
セン
Kun readings
さきまず
Words with 先
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —先発投手starting pitcher
- —祖先崇拝ancestor worship
- —優先扱いpriority treatment; preferential treatment
- —優先外貨preferred foreign currency
- —優先順位priority; order of precedence
- —率先躬行taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing)
- —二点先取taking (score) the first two points of the game
- —祖先伝来hereditary
- —優先株主holder of preferred stock
- —先行条件antecedent condition
- —先行投資prior investment; upfront investment
- —先陣争いcompetition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
- —先制攻撃preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
- —優先事項priority matter
- —先行指数leading indicator
- —先祖代々ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
- —先手必勝victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
- —先憂後楽worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
- —率先垂範set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow
- —家庭優先giving one's family life priority over one's work