先せん代だい

sendai

predecessor

Often refers to a former head of a family business. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

先代せんだいはいつでもにこにこしている人ひとだったけど、今度こんどのはどうもお天気屋てんきやでいかんね。
The previous boss smiled all the time, but the current boss has somehow become moody.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
元々もともとは先代せんだい河内屋旦那かわちやだんなに使つかえていた番頭ばんとう。
He originally served the former master of Kawachiya as a clerk.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
就任前しゅうにんまえには先代せんだい長官ちょうかんの岩村通俊いわむらみちとしと共ともに上川原野かみかわげんやを視察しさつした。
Before taking office, he inspected Kamikawa wildland together with his predecessor, Michitoshi IWAMURA.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source