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Meaning of 先制(せんせい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 先制

Kana Reading せんせい

Romaji sensei

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

preempt; head-start (of several runs) (baseball)

Example sentence

先制の一撃をすれば半分勝ったようなものだ。 The first blow is half the battle.

Examples of 先制, せんせい in a sentence

先制の一撃をすれば半分勝ったようなものだ。

The first blow is half the battle.
試合が始まるとすぐに、彼らは先制点をあげた。

The game had hardly started when they scored the first point.

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Kanji in this word

先 JLPT 5

6 strokes

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: さき, ま.ず

制 JLPT 3

8 strokes

system, law, rule

On'Yomi: セイ

Kun'Yomi:

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