Word details
先
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 先.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
former; previous; old
Examples
その少年は先週末、野球のボールで窓ガラスを割った。
The boy broke the window with a baseball last weekend.
2
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
先
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
6 strokesFrequency 173JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セン
Kun
さきま.ず
Nanori
ぽん
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