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先回り

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 先回り.

Dictionary

Entry

先回りきまわりNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #11350
1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

Examples
敵が攻撃しそうなところに先回りして手を打っておいた。
We anticipated where the enemy would attack.

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

-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

6 strokesFrequency 50JLPT N3Grade 2

On

カイ

Kun

まわ.る-まわ.る-まわ.りまわ.す-まわ.すまわ.し--まわ.しもとお.るか.える

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