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Keyword
before (timewise)
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig263
Readings
せん
(57%)
さき
(42%)
Composed of
牛
cow
儿
legs
Mnemonic

It's a cow with human legs! Wow! I've never seen such a creature before!

Used in kanji (6 in total)
洗
wash
鑽
make fire by rubbing sticks
跣
barefooted
讚
picture title
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Used in vocabulary (665 in total)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
662 more...
Examples (200 in total)
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
I know you're a teacher.
You'd make a good teacher.
Is that the teacher?
I'm no longer a teacher.
What a good teacher Mr Hirayama is!
Could you be my teacher?
What do you think, doctor?
Did you inform your teacher of this?
Have you ever been a teacher?
I'd like to be a teacher.
I wanted to be a teacher.
Let's ask the teacher.
I don't understand what the teacher said.
Is he your teacher?
He and I are teachers.
He will be a good teacher.
Is he a teacher?
He is my teacher.
Is she your teacher?
She wanted to be a teacher.
Yumi will become a teacher.
My teacher is Mr. Haddad.
I'm a good teacher.
I think that he's a good teacher.
I regarded him as a good teacher.
Do you like your teachers?
He likes that teacher.
She likes the teacher.
I'll speak with the teacher.
She speaks as if she were a teacher.
The teacher doesn't teach.
The teacher teaches.
Tell the teacher your name.
At first, I thought he was a teacher, but he wasn't.
And you're a teacher, right?
He is a very good teacher.
She is a very good teacher.
They carried on talking even after the teacher came in.
They waited for their teacher.
Our teacher seemed surprised.
I dream of becoming a teacher.
My dream is to become a teacher.
Our teacher told us what to read.
He is a teacher at our school.
I like him best of all the teachers.
It will be a long time before I can buy a house.
He walked before me.
She would not tell me why she had gone home first.
I will go on ahead.
Our teacher seemed angry.
The teacher will get angry for sure.
Mr Hirayama is a very good teacher.
He told me that his father was a teacher.
Is her father a teacher?
I used to be a teacher.
Now folks, let's go on.
My mother gets up earlier than anyone else.
What do you think of the new teacher?
What's the new teacher like?
You should talk to the teacher yourself.
Are you a teacher or a student?
According to my teacher, I'm a good pupil.
The teacher called each student by name.
Before long, she will be a good teacher.
He says he wants to be a teacher.
I asked my teacher what I should do next.
This young teacher is loved by all of the students.
All the class waited for the new teacher.
He is said to have been a good teacher.
He talks as if he were a teacher.
Is your father a teacher?
Please serve him his meal first.
I didn't want to go any further.
I can't go any farther.
I don't know the woman talking to our teacher.
You may ask a question of that teacher.
When you have a question, ask the teacher.
This is a letter from my old teacher.
The teacher said, "That's all for today."
Our teacher is tired.
I am not sure, but I think I want to be a teacher.
Where is the teacher's car?
Our teacher comes to school by car.
Our teacher lives close by.
I'm of the opinion that he should apologize to his teacher.
I really want to be a good teacher.
The teacher is sitting on a chair.
We couldn't help laughing at the teacher's joke.
The teacher told me to study harder.
He might be our new teacher.
That young man is our teacher.
The teacher is over there.
I met your father just now.
My doctor told me I should drink more water.
You'd better ask him first.
I have a friend whose father is a teacher.
All our teachers were young and loved teaching.
This person is a teacher.
The teacher has always been easy to consult with.
Those are our teachers' cars.
The teacher will call us when he's ready.
She may be our teacher.
The teacher is strict with his students.
Is your teacher strict?
He is less strict than our teacher.
He made his son a teacher.
My son is going to be a teacher.
They didn't wish to go any further.
He ran off to meet his teacher.
I guess our teacher is over fifty years old.
I got here before you.
The teacher's face was bright red.
The teacher answers every question we ask.
The teacher finished today's lesson.
I'll ask the teacher about it after class.
At the end of the class, the teacher said, "That's enough for today."
The teacher was surprised at the extent of his knowledge.
How well Mr Hirayama teaches!
Mr Hirayama teaches very well.
She is very good at imitating her teacher.
The teacher praised our son.
Don't hesitate to ask your teacher a question.
The teacher asked me which book I liked.
I regret having said such a thing to my teacher.
Our teacher is always cool.
You must pay attention to what your teacher says.
The teacher admonished us that we should be silent.
I introduced my father to the teacher.
I managed to make the teacher understand my idea.
Women and children first!
They both are teachers.
Some college teachers come to class late and leave early.
The teacher gave her a lot of information about the university.
It has been her dream to be a university professor.
I don't know what to do from now on.
His teacher should be strict with him.
Are you a teacher here or a student?
No, I'm not a teacher. I'm just a student.
The teacher was surrounded by her students.
The teacher took notice of the student's mistake.
The teacher didn't permit me to leave early.
You ought to ask for your teacher's permission.
Mr. Ito teaches history.
Does Mr Ito teach history?
The teacher spoke too fast for us to understand.
For the teacher, teaching her was fun.
My teacher has perfect trust in me.
He is married to a high school teacher.
My mother is a high school teacher.
Doctor, my stomach hurts.
The new teacher is more like a friend than a teacher.
Am I sick, Doctor?
None of the teachers could solve the problem.
The teacher told us to be quiet.
The teacher told me to stand up.
The teacher can't have said such a thing.
Our teacher made us clean the room.
The teacher asked us to clean our classroom every day.
The teacher tells us to clean our classroom every day.
When I grow up I will be a teacher, too.
I want to be a teacher when I grow up.
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes, that's right."
Did she go to the station to see her teacher off?
I ran into my old teacher at the station.
They were afraid of the teacher.
While the teacher was teaching, the students slept.
The teacher said to me, "Get out!"
Some questions were asked me by the teacher.
As I told you earlier, he's not here.
Today the teacher has a present for everyone.
The teacher urged the students to answer more clearly.
The teacher told the kids to be quiet.
The teacher ordered the classroom to be cleaned.
Our teacher demanded that we keep quiet.
There must have been an accident up ahead.
Is this the book you spoke of the other day?
I bought this book the other day.
The other day, I got a call from her.
I received her letter the other day.
The other day her mother passed away in the hospital.
The other day I discovered a book written by my father.
I met him on the street the other day.
He's the boy we spoke about the other day.
He went to see her the other day.
She bought a new house the other day.
The teacher told them not to swim in the river.
They had started earlier than we had.
They had started earlier than us.
Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you soon.
I met again the girl who I had met in the park the other day.
The teacher pointed out the students' mistakes.
I want to live here for the rest of my life.
The teacher made him stay after school.
The teacher will illustrate how to do it.
He is a doctor and a university professor.
I guess it will be a long time before I can return to Japan.
Our teacher sometimes speaks quickly.
Our teacher is strict, and yet, he is kind.
The other day, I bought a camera.