Illustration: Along a narrow residential lane, a moving-company worker walks several paces ahead of two colleagues carrying a tall cupboard. The advance worker has reached a tight corner first and checks the clearance beneath a low eave, holding one hand back to signal the approaching pair.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

先せん行こう

senkou

to precede

Example sentences

  1. 稲光いなびかりは雷かみなりの音おとに先行せんこうする。

    The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 先行せんこう予約受付中よやくうけつけちゅう

    Pre-orders are being accepted.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 箸墓古墳はしはかこふんのほうが、年代的ねんだいてきに先行せんこうする。

    This tumulus was constructed later than the Hashihaka tumulus.

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

Kanji in 先行

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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