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    3. 先んじる

    先んじる

    先さきん​じ​る​

    to precede

    KMT9News #35+1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab11 strokes

    さきんじる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to precede, to forestall, to anticipate

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはいつも流りゅう行こうに先さきんじている。

    He is always ahead of the trends.

    KMT7Daily Life
    朝あさ早はやく起おきることで、一いち日にちの仕し事ごとに先さきんじることができる。

    By waking up early, you can get a head start on the day's work.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    競きょう争そう相あい手てに先さきんじるためには、常つねに新あたらしい戦せん略りゃくを考かんがえる必ひつ要ようがある。

    To get ahead of competitors, it's necessary to always think of new strategies.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは常つねに周まわりの意い見けんに先さきんじて、自じ分ぶんの考かんがえを述のべる。

    She always states her opinions before others.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは時じ代だいの変へん化かに先さきんじて、新あたらしいビジネスモデルを構こう築ちくした。

    He anticipated the changes of the times and built a new business model.

    KMT10Business & FinanceTechnology

    Characters that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    Kanji
    ん
    n
    Kana
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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