先んじる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

(さき)んじる (sakinjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (さき)んじ (sakinji), past (さき)んじた (sakinjita))

  1. come before; precede; have a head start; be anterior to

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN