Word details

先取り

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 先取り.

Dictionary

Entry

先取り先どりきどり先取NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #35318
1

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others

2

anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times)

3

Computing

prefetch

4

Linguistics

anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

6 strokesFrequency 173JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セン

Kun

さきま.ず

Nanori

ぽん

take, fetch, take up

8 strokesFrequency 122JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シュ

Kun

と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り

Nanori

どる

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