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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
- —先刻承知being already (well) aware
- —先願主義first-to-file principle (in patent law); first-to-file system
- —先祖伝承what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
- —祖先の霊ancestral spirits
- —先輩後輩one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
- —校長先生school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
- —優先座席priority seating
- —先史時代prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
- —経時優先elapsed aging
- —先行ゼロleading zero
- —先行制御advanced control
- —先頭位置lead position; first position (in a string)
- —非優先語non-preferred term
- —先行上映advance(d) screening (of a movie)
- —先行研究prior research; previous work
- —先端形状nose shape; tip shape
- —先験哲学transcendental philosophy
- —先行文字leading character
- —先使用権right of prior use; prior use rights; prior user rights
- —先頭集団leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack