N2164/1725

先せん頭とう

nounnoun (generic)

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せんとう

Meanings

head (of a line, group, etc.), front, lead, forefront, vanguard

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは行列ぎょうれつの先頭せんとうに立たっていた。

She was standing at the head of the line.

マラソンでは先頭せんとうグループに入はいることが目標もくひょうだ。

My goal in the marathon is to get into the lead group.

チームの先頭せんとうに立たって問題もんだいを解決かいけつするのがリーダーの役割やくわりだ。

It is the leader's role to stand at the forefront of the team and solve problems.

パレードの先頭せんとうを飾かざるのは地元じもとの高校生こうこうせいたちだった。

It was local high school students who led the parade at the front.

新しん技術ぎじゅつの開発かいはつにおいて、この企業きぎょうは常つねに業界ぎょうかいの先頭せんとうを走はしり続つづけてきた。

In the development of new technologies, this company has always remained at the forefront of the industry.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)