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Variations:
後入先出
後入れ先出し

 atoiresakidashi
    あといれさきだし
(expression) last in, first out; LIFO

Variations:
率先
帥先
卒先

 sossen
    そっせん
(n,vs,vi) taking the initiative

Variations:
目と鼻の先
眼と鼻の先

 metohananosaki
    めとはなのさき
(exp,n) in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

Variations:
目先が利く
目先がきく

 mesakigakiku
    めさきがきく
(exp,v5k) to have foresight; to be farsighted; to be nimble-witted

Variations:
先に
曩に(rK)

 sakini
    さきに
(adverb) (1) previously; before; earlier; formerly; recently; (adverb) (2) first; before (something or someone else); ahead (of); earlier; (adverb) (3) beforehand; in advance; ahead of time

Variations:
先ほど
先程

 sakihodo
    さきほど
(n,adv) a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

Variations:
先例に倣う
先例にならう

 senreininarau / senreninarau
    せんれいにならう
(exp,v5u) (See 前例に倣う) to follow precedent

Variations:
先回り
先まわり(sK)

 sakimawari
    さきまわり
(n,vs,vi) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

先端科学技術研究センター

see styles
 sentankagakugijutsukenkyuusentaa / sentankagakugijutsukenkyusenta
    せんたんかがくぎじゅつけんきゅうセンター
(place-name) Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology; RCAST

Variations:
先輩面
先輩づら(sK)

 senpaizura
    せんぱいづら
(n,vs,vi) air of seniority; patronizing attitude

Variations:
先駆け
先駈け

 sakigake
    さきがけ
(noun/participle) (1) pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald; (noun/participle) (2) leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

Variations:
先端
尖端(rK)

 sentan
    せんたん
(1) pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve); (2) forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

Variations:
つま先で歩く
爪先で歩く

 tsumasakidearuku
    つまさきであるく
(exp,v5k) to tiptoe

Variations:
仕入れ先
仕入先(io)

 shiiresaki / shiresaki
    しいれさき
supplier

優先Nサービスデータ単位

see styles
 yuusenensaabisudeetatani / yusenensabisudeetatani
    ゆうせんエンサービスデータたんい
{comp} expedited (N)-service-data-unit; (N)-expedited-data-unit

Variations:
取引先
取り引き先

 torihikisaki
    とりひきさき
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

Variations:
爪先下がり
つま先下がり

 tsumasakisagari
    つまさきさがり
downhill path

Variations:


先き(io)

 saki
    さき
(1) point; tip; end; nozzle; (2) head (of a line); front; (3) first; before; ahead (of); (4) (the way) ahead; beyond; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (5) future; (adj-no,n) (6) previous; prior; former; recent; last; (n,n-suf) (7) destination; address; place where you do something; (8) rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part; (9) the other party

Variations:
先を争って
先をあらそって

 sakioarasotte
    さきをあらそって
(expression) fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

Variations:
何よりもまず
何よりも先ず

 naniyorimomazu
    なによりもまず
(expression) first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all

北陸先端科学技術大学院大学

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 hokurikusentankagakugijutsudaigakuindaigaku
    ほくりくせんたんかがくぎじゅつだいがくいんだいがく
(org) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; JAIST; (o) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; JAIST

Variations:
口先のうまい
口先の上手い

 kuchisakinoumai / kuchisakinomai
    くちさきのうまい
(adjective) smooth talking

奈良先端科学技術大学院大学

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 narasentankagakugijutsudaigakuindaigaku
    ならせんたんかがくぎじゅつだいがくいんだいがく
(org) Nara Institute of Science and Technology; NAIST; (o) Nara Institute of Science and Technology; NAIST

Variations:
宛先
宛て先
あて先

 atesaki
    あてさき
address; destination

Variations:
口先
口さき(sK)

 kuchisaki
    くちさき
(1) lip service; mere words; professions; (2) lips; mouth; snout; proboscis

Variations:
先ほど来
先程来
先ほどらい

 sakihodorai
    さきほどらい
(adverb) since a little while ago

Variations:
先入観
先入感(sK)

 sennyuukan / sennyukan
    せんにゅうかん
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

先天性中枢性肺胞低換気症候群

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 sentenseichuusuuseihaihouteikankishoukougun / sentensechususehaihotekankishokogun
    せんてんせいちゅうすうせいはいほうていかんきしょうこうぐん
{med} congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; CCHS

Variations:
お先棒を担ぐ
お先棒をかつぐ

 osakibouokatsugu / osakibookatsugu
    おさきぼうをかつぐ
(exp,v5g) (idiom) to be a willing cats-paw; to willingly act as someone's tool

Variations:
後にも先にも
あとにも先にも

 atonimosakinimo
    あとにもさきにも
(adv,exp) before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

Variations:
最先端
最尖端(rK)

 saisentan
    さいせんたん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; state of the art; (2) tip; end

先天下之憂而憂,後天下之樂而樂


先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐

xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè
    xian1 tian1 xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1 , hou4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4
hsien t`ien hsia chih yu erh yu , hou t`ien hsia chih le erh le
    hsien tien hsia chih yu erh yu , hou tien hsia chih le erh le
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1])

先生と言われるほどの馬鹿でなし

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 senseitoiwareruhodonobakadenashi / sensetoiwareruhodonobakadenashi
    せんせいといわれるほどのばかでなし
(expression) (See 先生・せんせい・2) I don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

Variations:
先陣を切る
先陣をきる(sK)

 senjinokiru
    せんじんをきる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to lead (advance); to spearhead (campaign, attack)

Variations:
お先真っ暗
御先真っ暗(sK)

 osakimakkura
    おさきまっくら
(adj-na,adj-no) (looking) very bleak; having dim prospects

Variations:
優先取組物質
優先取り組み物質

 yuusentorikumibusshitsu / yusentorikumibusshitsu
    ゆうせんとりくみぶっしつ
substances requiring priority action (with regard to environmental issues); priority substance

Variations:
切っ先

切尖
切先(io)

 kissaki; hou(鋒) / kissaki; ho(鋒)
    きっさき; ほう(鋒)
(1) point (of a sword, etc.); (2) pointed verbal attack

Variations:
問い合わせ先
問合せ先
問合先

 toiawasesaki
    といあわせさき
(1) contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number); (2) reference (e.g. personal reference)

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ

see styles
 shouointohossurebamazuumaoiyo / shoointohossurebamazumaoiyo
    しょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよ
(expression) (proverb) do not shoot straight for the top; he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin; if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse

慶應義塾大学先端生命科学研究所

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 keiougijukudaigakusentanseimeikagakukenkyuujo / keogijukudaigakusentansemekagakukenkyujo
    けいおうぎじゅくだいがくせんたんせいめいかがくけんきゅうじょ
(o) Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University; IAB

Variations:
日経225先物
日経二二五先物

 nikkeininigosakimono / nikkeninigosakimono
    にっけいににごさきもの
Nikkei 225 futures

Variations:
目と鼻の先
眼と鼻の先(rK)

 metohananosaki
    めとはなのさき
(exp,n) very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)

Variations:
先を続ける
先をつづける(sK)

 sakiotsuzukeru
    さきをつづける
(exp,v1) to continue; to proceed

Variations:
先駆け

先駈け(rK)

 sakigake
    さきがけ
(n,vs,vi) (1) pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald; (n,vs,vi) (2) leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

Variations:
あて先変更
宛て先変更
宛先変更

 atesakihenkou / atesakihenko
    あてさきへんこう
{comp} redirection

Variations:
頭からつま先まで
頭から爪先まで

 atamakaratsumasakimade
    あたまからつまさきまで
(expression) from head to toe

Variations:
先が思いやられる
先が思い遣られる

 sakigaomoiyareru
    さきがおもいやれる
(exp,v1) to worry about the future

Variations:
先ず隗より始めよ
まず隗より始めよ

 mazukaiyorihajimeyo
    まずかいよりはじめよ
(expression) (1) (proverb) (See 隗より始めよ・1) start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; (expression) (2) (proverb) (See 隗より始めよ・2) he who first suggests it should be the first to do it

Variations:
先取り
先どり
先取(io)

 sakidori
    さきどり
(noun, transitive verb) (1) receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; (noun, transitive verb) (2) anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); (noun, transitive verb) (3) {comp} prefetch; (noun, transitive verb) (4) {ling} anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

Variations:
我先に
われ先に
我さきに(sK)

 waresakini
    われさきに
(adverb) self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

Variations:
爪先上がり
つま先上がり
爪先上り

 tsumasakiagari
    つまさきあがり
uphill path; path or slope that becomes slowly steeper

Variations:
真っ先
まっ先
真先(io)

 massaki
    まっさき
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

Variations:
矛先
鉾先
ほこ先
鋒先

 hokosaki
    ほこさき
(1) point of a spear; spearhead; (2) focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; target; brunt; (3) force (of an argument); edge

Variations:
先公
先コウ(sK)
セン公(sK)

 senkou; senkoo(sk); senkou(sk) / senko; senkoo(sk); senko(sk)
    せんこう; センコー(sk); センコウ(sk)
(1) previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; (2) (colloquialism) (derogatory term) teacher; teach

Variations:
まず無い
先ず無い(rK)
先ずない(sK)

 mazunai
    まずない
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

Variations:
一先ず
一先
一まず
ひと先ず
一と先ず

 hitomazu
    ひとまず
(adverb) (1) (kana only) for now; for the time being; for the present; (adverb) (2) (kana only) though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

Variations:
先が思いやられる
先が思い遣られる(sK)
さきが思いやられる(sK)

 sakigaomoiyarareru
    さきがおもいやられる
(exp,v1) to worry about the future

Variations:
先ずもって
先ず以て
先ず以って(sK)
まず以て(sK)
まず以って(sK)
先以って(sK)
先以て(sK)
先もって(sK)

 mazumotte
    まずもって
(adverb) (kana only) first of all; in the first place

Variations:
先ず以て
先ず以って(io)
まず以て
まず以って(io)
先以って(io)
先以て(io)
先ずもって
先もって(io)

 mazumotte
    まずもって
(adverb) (kana only) first of all; in the first place

Variations:
先延ばしにする
先のばしにする(sK)

 sakinobashinisuru
    さきのばしにする
(exp,vs-i) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

Variations:
先生と言われるほどの馬鹿でなし
先生と言われるほどのバカでなし(sK)

 senseitoiwareruhodonobakadenashi / sensetoiwareruhodonobakadenashi
    せんせいといわれるほどのばかでなし
(expression) (See 先生・2) I don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

Variations:
先陣を切る
先陣をきる(sK)
先陣切る(sK)
先陣きる(sK)

 senjinokiru
    せんじんをきる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)

Variations:
先駆ける
先駈ける(rK)
魁ける(rK)

 sakigakeru
    さきがける
(v1,vi) (usu. as ...に先駆けて) to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)

Variations:
先駆ける
先駈ける(rK)
魁ける(rK)
先がける(sK)

 sakigakeru
    さきがける
(v1,vi) (usu. as ...に先駆けて) to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)

Variations:
切っ先

切先(io)
切尖(rK)
きっ先(sK)

 kissaki; hou(鋒) / kissaki; ho(鋒)
    きっさき; ほう(鋒)
(1) point (of a sword, etc.); (2) pointed verbal attack

Variations:
問い合わせ先
問合せ先
問い合せ先
問合わせ先
問合先(io)

 toiawasesaki
    といあわせさき
(1) contact information (for inquiries; e.g. corporate phone number); (2) reference (e.g. personal reference)

Variations:
最先端を行く
最先端をいく
最先端をゆく(sK)

 saisentanoiku
    さいせんたんをいく
(exp,v5k-s) to be on the cutting edge

Variations:
率先
帥先(rK)
卒先(iK)

 sossen
    そっせん
(n,vs,vi) taking the initiative

Variations:
率先
帥先(rK)
卒先(sK)

 sossen
    そっせん
(n,vs,vi) taking the initiative

Variations:
生まれぬ先の襁褓さだめ
生まれぬ先の襁褓定め

 umarenusakinomutsukisadame
    うまれぬさきのむつきさだめ
(expression) (idiom) putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born

Variations:
矛先
鉾先(rK)
鋒(rK)
ほこ先(sK)
鋒先(sK)

 hokosaki
    ほこさき
(1) point of a spear; spearhead; (2) focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; target; brunt; (3) force (of an argument); edge

Variations:
先物取引
先物取り引き(sK)
先物取引き(sK)

 sakimonotorihiki
    さきものとりひき
{finc} futures trading

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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