先制

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先 制
せん
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

先(せん)制(せい) • (sensei) 

  1. making the first move
    先制(せんせい)ゴール ― senseigōru ― first goal (in soccer/football)
    先制(せんせい)攻撃(こうげき) ― sensei kōgeki ― pre-emptive strike (in war)

Verb

先(せん)制(せい)する • (sensei suru) suru (stem 先(せん)制(せい)し (sensei shi), past 先(せん)制(せい)した (sensei shita))

  1. to make the first move

Conjugation

Conjugation of "先制する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 先制し せんせいし sensei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 先制し せんせいし sensei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 先制する せんせいする sensei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 先制する せんせいする sensei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 先制すれ せんせいすれ sensei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 先制せよ¹
先制しろ² 		せんせいせよ¹
せんせいしろ² 		sensei seyo¹
sensei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 先制される せんせいされる sensei sareru
Causative 先制させる
先制さす 		せんせいさせる
せんせいさす 		sensei saseru
sensei sasu
Potential 先制できる せんせいできる sensei dekiru
Volitional 先制しよう せんせいしよう sensei shiyō
Negative 先制しない せんせいしない sensei shinai
Negative continuative 先制せず せんせいせず sensei sezu
Formal 先制します せんせいします sensei shimasu
Perfective 先制した せんせいした sensei shita
Conjunctive 先制して せんせいして sensei shite
Hypothetical conditional 先制すれば せんせいすれば sensei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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