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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)
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On readings
セン
Kun readings
さきまず
Words with 先
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —表示優先度display priority
- —幅優先探索breadth-first search
- —優先使用語preferred term
- —先行上映会advance(d) screening (of a movie)
- —最優先事項matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
- —先頭を切るto go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
- —先発医薬品original drug; originator drug
- —先端恐怖症aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
- —先頭に立つto take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
- —人生の先輩person older than oneself (who has more life experience)
- —無主物先占acquisition by occupancy
- —先陣を切るto lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
- —先天性異常congenital anomaly; birth defect
- —先行者利益first-mover advantage
- —データの先頭beginning of data
- —主要部先導型head-initial
- —先端医療技術state-of-the-art medical technology
- —先発メンバーstarting lineup; player in the starting lineup
- —機先を制するto beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
- —実行優先順位dispatching priority