Vocab Info

N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, No-adjective

先行(せんこう)preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, No-adjective

      1.

      going ahead, going first

    2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, No-adjective

      2.

      preceding, coming before, being ahead (e.g. of the times), occurring first, happening prior

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

      scoring first, getting off to a lead

      Sports
    4. Noun

      4.

      stalker

      Horse racing

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    先行 【せんこう】

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    Examples

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      思考(しこう)言語(げんご)先行(せんこう)します。

      Thought precedes language. {preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority}

      • N2

      先行(せんこう)して得点(とくてん)した相手(あいて)チームに反撃(はんげき)をする。

      Counterattack the opposing team that scored first. {preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority}

      • N2

      時代(じだい)先行(せんこう)している(かんが)(かた)()(ひと)排除(はいじょ)された。

      People with ideas ahead of their time were excluded. {preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority}

      • N2

      後行(こうこう)した登山(とざん)グループは先行(せんこう)したグループに合流(ごうりゅう)したそうだ。

      It seems that the climbing group that went later joined up with the group that went ahead. {preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority}

      • N2

      はたして(かれ)先行(せんこう)したランナーに()いつくことが出来(でき)るのだろうか。

      I wonder if he can really catch up to the leading runner. {preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority}

      • N2
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