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noun
1.
first move (in go, shogi, etc.), moving first, person with the first move
2.
forestalling, (seizing the) initiative
See also:後手
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
deciding first, settling (a matter) first, first priority
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader
2.
outrider, outriding
See also:前駆
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
pioneer, leader, taking the initiative, forerunner, harbinger, herald
2.
leading an attack, charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
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先駈け【さきがけ】
、魁【さきがけ】
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
1.
distant future, inevitable future
2.
places one goes to
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先先【さきざき】
noun
1.
other party, other side
noun, no-adjective
2.
ahead, in front(only relevant for せんぽう)
noun
3.
destination(only relevant for せんぽう)
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先方【さきかた】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
receiving in advance, taking before others
2.
prefetch(computer term)
3.
anticipatory completion, finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next(linguistics)
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先どり【さきどり】
、先取【さきどり】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
recently, the other day
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先頃【せんころ】
、先ごろ【さきごろ】
expression
1.
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
2.
the other day, some time ago, recently
See also:先だって (せんだって)
Godan-tsu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to lead, to take the lead (in doing something)
2.
to precede, to go before, to take precedence
3.
to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)
4.
to be a prerequisite
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先だつ【さきだつ】
noun, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
1.
dwindling, declining, diminishing, tapering off
2.
tapering (to a point)
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
•
radical, acute, sharp
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尖鋭【せんえい】
noun
1.
leader, pioneer, precursor, senior figure
2.
guide
3.
leader (in Shugendō)
See also:修験道
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先達【せんだち】
noun
1.
advance guard, vanguard
2.
athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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to precede, to forestall, to anticipate
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
payment in advance, advance payment, prepayment
See also:前払い
2.
payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls)
See also:着払い (ちゃくばらい)
noun
3.
forerunner
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
scoring the first point, winning the first game(only relevant for せんしょう)
noun
2.
lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon
See also:六曜
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先勝【せんかち】
、先勝【さきがち】
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
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to be forward, to be impertinent
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
•
former years, formerly, a few years ago
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
going on ahead, forestalling, anticipating, arrival before another
expression
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first in, first out, FIFO(computer term)(also in accounting)
noun
•
pushup storage(computer term)
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)
2.
to have foresight, to be able to see the future
noun
•
yarn dyeing, thread dyeing, prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven
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先染【さきぞめ】
noun
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the wherewithal, means, the money (needed to do something)
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先立つもの【さきだつもの】
noun
1.
appetizer
2.
later date, post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)
See also:先日付け
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先付【さきづけ】
、先附【さきづけ】
noun
•
next door but one, (a house) two doors away
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先隣【さきどなり】
expression, Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to proceed with, to continue with, to move on, to go forward, to pursue
expression, Godan-tsu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to lead, to take the initiative
2.
to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger)
3.
to be most essential
expression
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one never knows (what will happen), there's no telling (what the future holds)(proverb)
expression, suru verb (irregular)
•
to delay, to put off, to procrastinate
expression, noun
•
a long way off, matter for the future, not going to happen anytime soon
noun
•
payment in advance (by bank transfer)
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先振り込み【さきふりこみ】
noun
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preliminary announcement, previous announcement, portent, sign, forewarning
expression
•
since some time ago, for some time, for quite a while
See also:先ほど (さきほど)
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先程から【さきほどから】
adverb
•
since a little while ago
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先程来【さきほどらい】
、先ほどらい【さきほどらい】
noun
•
futures transaction, forward trading
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先物取り引き【さきものとりひき】
noun
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uncertainty about the future, concern about future prospects
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
foreseeing, anticipating, predicting the future
2.
lookahead(computer term)
3.
prefetching(computer term)
4.
reading ahead