先
セン
さき • ま.ず
before; ahead; previous; future; precedence
Words
先週の今日
せんしゅうのきょう
- this day last week; a week ago today n
祖先の霊
そせんのれい
- ancestral spirits n
先祖伝承
せんぞでんしょう
- what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale n adj-no yoji
機先を制する
きせんをせいする
- to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall exp vs-s
先発明主義
せんぱつめいしゅぎ
- first-to-invent system (e.g. in patent law) n