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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 先 |
さき |
(adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); (3) destination; (4) the first priority; the future; objective; sequel; remainder; the other party |
706 |
| 先 |
せん |
(adj-no,n) the future; priority; precedence; former; previous; old; late |
706 |
| 先代 |
せんだい |
(n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation |
1082 |
| 先生 |
せんせい |
(n) teacher; master; doctor |
1598 |
| 越える |
こえる |
(v1) to exceed; to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of) |
2486 |
| 優先 |
ゆうせん |
(n,vs) preference; priority |
3076 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 先輩 |
せんぱい |
(n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
3732 |
| 越後 |
えちご |
Echigo; old name for Niigata Prefecture |
3833 |
| 先行 |
せんこう |
(n,vs) preceding; going first |
3844 |
| 先端 |
せんたん |
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge |
4118 |
| 上越 |
じょうえつ |
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata |
4288 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 先立つ |
さきだつ |
(v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence |
7264 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 信越本線 |
しねつほんせん |
Shinetsu Main Line (Gunma-Nagano-Niigata Railway) |
8058 |
| 中越 |
ちゅうごし |
over center field |
8906 |
| 飛び越える |
とびこえる |
(v1) to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone) |
9511 |
| 三越 |
みつこし |
Mitsukoshi (department store) |
10014 |
| 乗り越える |
のりこえる |
(v1) to climb over; to ride across; to surmount |
10223 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 行き先 |
いきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 行き先 |
ゆきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 卓越 |
たくえつ |
(n) excellence; superiority |
11860 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 信越 |
しんえつ |
(n) region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata |
12401 |
| 引っ越す |
ひっこす |
(v5s) to move; to change residence |
12449 |
| 越す |
こす |
(v5s) to go over (e.g. with audience) |
12467 |
| 超越 |
ちょうえつ |
(n) transcendental |
12620 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 越冬 |
えっとう |
(n) passing the winter |
12963 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| 越し |
ごし |
(n-suf) across; over; beyond |
13250 |
| 先手 |
さきて |
(n) front lines; vanguard |
13625 |
| 先手 |
せんて |
(n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi) |
13625 |
| 勝ち越す |
かちこす |
(v5s) to have more wins than losses; to lead (someone) by (three) matches |
14331 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 優越 |
ゆうえつ |
(n,vs) supremacy; predominance; being superior to |
15627 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 真っ先 |
まっさき |
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning |
15925 |
| 手先 |
てさき |
(n) fingers |
16065 |
| 越境 |
えっきょう |
(n) border transgression |
16195 |
| 先史 |
せんし |
(n) prehistory |
16294 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 先導 |
せんどう |
(n) guidance; leadership |
16770 |
| 指先 |
ゆびさき |
(n) fingertip |
16822 |
| 矢先 |
やさき |
(n) arrowhead; brunt; target |
16857 |
| 先勝 |
さきがち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんかち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんしょう |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 引越し |
ひっこし |
(io) (n) moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence |
16953 |
| 先取 |
せんしゅ |
(n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation |
17127 |
| 年越し |
としこし |
(n) New Year's Eve; end of year |
17176 |
| 勝ち越し |
かちこし |
(n) more wins than losses (sport) |
17484 |
| 見越す |
みこす |
(v5s) to anticipate; to foresee |
17756 |
| 先鋭 |
せんえい |
(adj-na,n) radical; acute; sharp |
18406 |
| 先々 |
さきざき |
(n-adv,n-t) formerly; a few years ago |
18441 |
| 先々 |
まま |
well, well |
18441 |
| 先回り |
さきまわり |
(n) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another |
18512 |
| 先例 |
せんれい |
(n) precedent |
18538 |
| 率先 |
そっせん |
(n) taking the initiative |
18538 |
| 先んじる |
さきんじる |
(v1) to precede; to forestall; to anticipate |
19044 |
| 先着 |
せんちゃく |
(n) first arrival |
19044 |
| 先天的 |
せんてんてき |
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary |
19443 |
| 引越 |
ひっこし |
(io) (n) moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence |
19629 |
| 先陣 |
せんじん |
(n) vanguard; advance guard |
20004 |
| 先任 |
せんにん |
(n) seniority; predecessor |
20200 |
| 追い越す |
おいこす |
(v5s) to pass (e.g. car); to outdistance; to outstrip |
20200 |
| 先取り |
さきどり |
(n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others |
20278 |
| 先負 |
さきまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぶ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぷ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先ず |
まず |
(adv) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; hardly (with neg. verb); anyway; well; now |
20897 |
| 先攻 |
せんこう |
(n) batting first |
21087 |
| 宛先 |
あてさき |
(n) address; destination |
21397 |
| 春先 |
はるさき |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring |
21489 |
| 飛越 |
ひえつ |
(n,vs) jumping over (a hurdle); clearing (a fence); hurdling |
22165 |
| 先見 |
せんけん |
(n) foresight; anticipation |
22687 |
| 先送り |
さきおくり |
(n) postpone |
22687 |
| 先鞭 |
せんべん |
(n) initiative; pioneering |
22749 |
| 先帝 |
せんてい |
(n) the late emperor |
23186 |
| 持ち越す |
もちこす |
(v5s) to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer |
23295 |
| 先週 |
せんしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) last week; the week before |
23295 |
| 旅先 |
たびさき |
(n) destination; goal |
23345 |
| 先人 |
せんじん |
(n) predecessor; pioneer; ancestor |
23520 |
| 矛先 |
ほこさき |
(n) point of spear; aim of attack; force of argument |
23686 |
| 先日 |
せんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) the other day; a few days ago |
24080 |
| 先住 |
せんじゅう |
(n) previous priest or resident |
24777 |
| 先入観 |
せんにゅうかん |
(n) preconception; prejudice; preoccupation |
24777 |
| 引っ越し |
ひっこし |
(n) moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence |
25172 |
| 先方 |
さきかた |
the person in front; companion |
25491 |
| 先方 |
せんぽう |
(n) other party (side); he; she; they; destination |
25491 |
| 追い越し |
おいこし |
(n) passing |
25554 |
| 先遣 |
せんけん |
(n,vs) sending ahead |
25630 |
| 乗り越す |
のりこす |
(v5s) to ride past; to pass; to outdistance |
25767 |
| 先行き |
さきいき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 先行き |
さきゆき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 急先鋒 |
きゅうせんぽう |
(n) van (of a movement) |
26578 |
| 先王 |
せんおう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先王 |
せんのう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先妻 |
せんさい |
(n) former wife; late wife |
26578 |
| 刃先 |
はさき |
(n) edge of blade |
26817 |
| 先達 |
せんだち |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 先達 |
せんだつ |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 飛び越す |
とびこす |
(v5s) to leap over |
27241 |
| 繰越 |
くりこし |
(n) balance brought forward; a transferred amount (of money) |
27433 |
| 山越え |
やまごえ |
(n) crossing a mountain |
27617 |
| 爪先 |
つまさき |
(n) tiptoe |
28200 |
| 引越す |
ひきこす |
(v5s) to move (house); to change quarters |
28300 |
| 通り越す |
とおりこす |
(v5s) to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond |
28300 |
| 目先 |
めさき |
(n) near future; immediate; before one |
28975 |
| 鼻先 |
はなさき |
(n) tip of nose |
29086 |
| 穂先 |
ほさき |
(n) tip of an ear |
29086 |
| 庭先 |
にわさき |
(n) in the garden |
29316 |
| 軒先 |
のきさき |
(n) edge of the eaves; house frontage |
29410 |
| 水先 |
みずさき |
(n) direction of a current; course of a ship |
29632 |
| 先月 |
せんげつ |
(n-adv,n-t) last month |
30069 |
| 越年 |
えつねん |
(n,vs) ring out the old year; hibernation |
30195 |
| 先だって |
せんだって |
(n-adv,n-t) recently; the other day |
30195 |
| 剣先 |
けんさき |
(n) point of a sword |
30308 |
| 先払い |
さきばらい |
(n) advance payment; payment on delivery; forerunner |
30308 |
| 店先 |
みせさき |
(n) store front |
30308 |
| 水先案内 |
みずさきあんない |
(n) pilotage; pilot |
30688 |
| 優先株 |
ゆうせんかぶ |
(n) preferred stock; preference shares |
30832 |
| 先走る |
さきばしる |
(v5r) to be forward; to be impertinent |
30969 |
| 口先 |
くちさき |
(n) lips; mouth; snout; proboscis; professions; lip service; mere words |
31224 |
| 先付け |
さきづけ |
(n) dating forward |
31368 |
| 後先 |
あとさき |
(n) front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; order; consequences; context |
31527 |
| 先決 |
せんけつ |
(n) previous decision |
32076 |
| 先程 |
さきほど |
(n-adv,n-t) some time ago |
32076 |
| 越中褌 |
えっちゅうふんどし |
(n) string loincloth or G-string |
33282 |
| 先年 |
せんねん |
(n-adv,n-t) former years; formerly; a few years ago |
33636 |
| 先番 |
せんばん |
(n) precedence; first move (in games) |
33830 |
| お越し |
おこし |
(exp) honorific used for coming to or leaving one's place |
34034 |
| 舌先 |
したさき |
(n) tip of tongue |
34580 |
| 機先 |
きせん |
(n) forestall |
34761 |
| 勤め先 |
つとめさき |
(n) place of work |
34761 |
| 行く先 |
ゆくさき |
(n-adv,n-t) one's destination; one's whereabouts; the future |
34761 |
| 先議 |
せんぎ |
(n) initiative; prior consideration |
35357 |
| 先験的 |
せんけんてき |
(adj-na,n) transcendental |
35357 |
| 僭越 |
せんえつ |
(adj-na,n) audacity; forwardness |
35778 |
| 先細り |
さきぼそり |
(n) dwindle; tapering off (away) |
35968 |
| 繰り越す |
くりこす |
(v5s) to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer |
36396 |
| 先覚 |
せんかく |
(n) learned man; pioneer |
36396 |