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    3. 先制

    先制

    先せん制せい

    head start

    KMT4News #6+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    せんせい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    head start, initiative, preemption

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    彼かれは先せん制せい攻こう撃げきを仕し掛かけた。

    He launched a preemptive attack.

    KMT4Military
    我わがチームが先せん制せい点てんを取とった。

    Our team scored the first point.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    野や球きゅうの試し合あいで、彼かれはホームランで先せん制せいした。

    In the baseball game, he took the lead with a home run.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    試しあ合い開かい始しそ早う々そう、相あい手てチームに先せん制せいゴールを許ゆるしてしまった。

    Soon after the game started, we allowed the opposing team to score the first goal.

    KMT5Sports & Martial Arts
    相あい手ての動うごきを読よんで先せん制せいすることが、交こう渉しょうを有ゆう利りに進すすめる鍵かぎだ。

    Reading the opponent's moves and taking the initiative is key to advancing negotiations favorably.

    KMT6Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    制
    system・law・rule
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