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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
- —先コウprevious ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
- —先代萩Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)
- —先先代the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
- —先祖代代ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
- —先輩づらair of seniority; patronizing attitude
- —先先の先predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)
- —体体の先answering one's opponent's attack with an unwavering strike
- —先見の眼foresight; prescience
- —先哲像傳Pictures of Ancient Wise Men
- —先頭をきるto go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
- —先陣をきるto lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
- —先例にならうto follow precedent
- —最先端をいくto be on the cutting edge
- —此処を先途とfervently; desperately; fiercely; with full resolve
- —優先取り組み物質substances requiring priority action (with regard to environmental issues); priority substance
- —先生と言われるほどのバカでなしI don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)