Illustration: Outside a Japanese mountain lodge at dawn, two hikers are already stepping onto the trail with their packs secured. They turn back to wave at the rest of their party, who remain on the lodge veranda tying boots and dividing supplies.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

先せん発ぱつ

senpatsu

going ahead, starting first

Example sentences

  1. これは先発せんぱつの大学だいがくに早はやく追おいつきたいが、広大こうだいな林地りんちを買収ばいしゅうするだけの財政的ざいせいてきな裏付うらづけがないことから、やむを得えず選択せんたくされた手法しゅほうであった。

    This method was selected reluctantly, because Kyoto University wanted to catch up to the other universities but there was no financial support available to purchase the vast forest.

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

  2. 児島高徳こじまたかのりはこの先発せんぱつ隊たいに従軍じゅうぐんしていたものの、総大将そうたいしょう・千種忠顕ちぐさただあきとの作戦上さくせんじょうでの衝突しょうとつが原因げんいんで別働隊べつどうたいを率ひきい布陣ふじんを行おこなう。

    Although Takanori KOJIMA was in the advanced army, he formed another corps and deployed it because of a conflict regarding their strategic plan with the supreme commander Tadaaki CHIGUSA.

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

  3. 勝かてる試合しあいに、なぜ勝かてそうなピッチャーを先発せんぱつさせないのだろうか。

    In a game they could win, why don’t they start a pitcher who looks capable of winning?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 先発

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 発departure; dischargeOnハツ・ホツKunたつ・あばく・おこる

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