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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 潮 |
うしお |
(n) tide |
4885 |
| 潮 |
しお |
(n) tide; ebb and flood; salt water; opportunity |
4885 |
| 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 |
| 新潮 |
しんちょう |
Shinchou (magazine and publisher) |
7071 |
| 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 |
| 風潮 |
ふうちょう |
(n) tide; current; tendency |
10372 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 潮流 |
ちょうりゅう |
(n) tide; tidal current; trend |
11720 |
| 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 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| 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 |
| 黒潮 |
くろしお |
(n) Japan Current |
13648 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 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 |
| 思潮 |
しちょう |
(n) trend of thought |
16133 |
| 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 |
| 先取 |
せんしゅ |
(n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation |
17127 |
| 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 |
| 潮汐 |
ちょうせき |
(n) tide |
19211 |
| 先天的 |
せんてんてき |
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary |
19443 |
| 先陣 |
せんじん |
(n) vanguard; advance guard |
20004 |
| 先任 |
せんにん |
(n) seniority; predecessor |
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 |
| 高潮 |
こうちょう |
(n) surge; high tide; flood tide |
21039 |
| 高潮 |
たかしお |
(n) surge; high tide; flood tide |
21039 |
| 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 |
| 潮風 |
しおかぜ |
(n) sea breeze; salt air |
21489 |
| 潮吹き |
しおふき |
(n) (1) spouting of a whale; (2) thin-shelled surf clam |
22615 |
| 潮騒 |
しおさい |
(n) sea roar |
22615 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 満潮 |
まんちょう |
(n) high tide; high water; full tide |
23854 |
| 先日 |
せんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) the other day; a few days ago |
24080 |
| 最高潮 |
さいこうちょう |
(n) climax |
24699 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 先遣 |
せんけん |
(n,vs) sending ahead |
25630 |
| 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 |
| 退潮 |
たいちょう |
(n) ebb tide; waning fortunes |
26730 |
| 刃先 |
はさき |
(n) edge of blade |
26817 |
| 大潮 |
おおしお |
(n) spring or flood tide |
26817 |
| 先達 |
せんだち |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 先達 |
せんだつ |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 干潮 |
かんちょう |
(n) ebb tide; low tide |
27153 |
| 干潮 |
ひきしお |
(n) ebb tide; low tide |
27153 |
| 渦潮 |
うずしお |
(n) whirling tides |
28008 |
| 潮干狩り |
しおひがり |
(n) shell gathering (at low tide); clamming |
28008 |
| 爪先 |
つまさき |
(n) tiptoe |
28200 |
| 親潮 |
おやしお |
(n) the Kurile Current |
28391 |
| 目先 |
めさき |
(n) near future; immediate; before one |
28975 |
| 赤潮 |
あかしお |
(n) red tide |
29086 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 潮間 |
しおま |
(n) ebb tide |
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 |
| 防潮 |
ぼうちょう |
(n) protection against the tide |
31648 |
| 先決 |
せんけつ |
(n) previous decision |
32076 |
| 先程 |
さきほど |
(n-adv,n-t) some time ago |
32076 |
| 潮位 |
ちょうい |
(n) tide level |
32361 |
| 血潮 |
ちしお |
(n) blood |
33462 |
| 潮解 |
ちょうかい |
(n,vs) deliquescence |
33462 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 初潮 |
しょちょう |
(n) first menstruation |
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 |
| 引き潮 |
ひきしお |
(n) ebb tide |
35577 |
| 先細り |
さきぼそり |
(n) dwindle; tapering off (away) |
35968 |
| 先覚 |
せんかく |
(n) learned man; pioneer |
36396 |
| 舳先 |
へさき |
(n) bow(s); prow |
36884 |
| 切っ先 |
きっさき |
(n) point of a sword |
37405 |
| 送り先 |
おくりさき |
(n) forwarding address |
37405 |
| 先師 |
せんし |
(n) former teacher |
37706 |
| 潮時 |
しおどき |
(n) tidal hour; psychological moment; favourable opportunity |
37706 |
| 小手先 |
こてさき |
(n) (superficial) cleverness |
38001 |
| 先兵 |
せんぺい |
(n) vanguard |
38888 |
| 筒先 |
つつさき |
(n) nozzle; muzzle; gunpoint |
38888 |
| 先触れ |
さきぶれ |
(n) previous or preliminary announcement |
39571 |