Illustration: In a school kendō hall, two competitors face one another and bow before beginning their bout. Their bamboo swords remain lowered, and neither has entered a fighting stance. A referee waits at the side with both arms relaxed, while teammates kneel along the wall in anticipation.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

先さき立だつ

sakidatsu

to precede, to come before

Often used as ~に先立って or ~に先立ち. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 会かいに先立さきだって彼かれらは夕食ゆうしょくをとった。

    Prior to the meeting, they had dinner.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. それに先立さきだち「準備室じゅんびしつ」が開設かいせつされた。

    Prior to its foundation, a 'preparatory office' was established.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 話はなし合あいのもとにするために、ミーティングに先立さきだち、皆様みなさまからいただいた提案ていあんをとりまとめてみました。

    I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 先立

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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