さきだつ – Vocabulary details

さきだつ

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, つ, intransitive)

1. to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)

一ひと人りが先さき立だてば、後あとに続つづく者ものたちの気き持もちが楽らくになる。If one person takes the lead, it's easier for those who follow.

2. to precede; to go before; to take precedence

だけど、嫌けん悪お感かんより恐きょう怖ふの方ほうが先さき立だつ。But fear takes precedence over disgust.

3. to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)

彼かれは奥おくさんに先さき立だたれて一ひと人りであの家いえに住すんでいたらしい。Apparently he'd been living alone in that house since his wife died.

4. to be a prerequisite

しかし、何なにをやるにしても先さき立だつものが必ひつ要ようですよ。However, whatever you do, you need the funds to get started.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 37

Composed of

さき

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

つまさきだつ

to stand on tiptoes

さきだつもの

the wherewithal; means; the money (needed to do something)

Examples (12 in total)

やっぱりさきだつのはお金かねだね。

In the end, the first thing you need is money, isn't it?

喜よろこびよりも疑うたがいがさきだつ。

Doubt takes precedence over joy.

会かいにさきだって彼かれらは夕ゆう食しょくをとった。

Prior to the meeting, they had dinner.

妻つまにさきだたれて十じゅう数すう年ねんと聞きいていた。

I'd heard it had been over ten years since his wife passed away.

ややこしい言げん語ごだとの印いん象しょうがさきだってしまう。

The impression that it's a complicated language comes first.

退たい屈くつというよりも居い心ごこ地ちの悪わるさがさきだつ。

Rather than boredom, it is the discomfort that comes first.

だけど、嫌けん悪お感かんより恐きょう怖ふの方ほうがさきだつ。

But fear takes precedence over disgust.

しかし、何なにをやるにしてもさきだつものが必ひつ要ようですよ。

However, whatever you do, you need the funds to get started.

新あたらしいノートパソコンが買かいたいんだけど、さきだつものがなくて。

I want to buy a new laptop, but I don't have the money.

子こ供どもにさきだたれた親おやほど不ふ幸こうな人ひとはそうはいないだろう。

There can't be many people unhappier than parents who have lost a child.

彼かれは奥おくさんにさきだたれて一ひと人りであの家いえに住すんでいたらしい。

Apparently he'd been living alone in that house since his wife died.

一ひと人りがさきだてば、後あとに続つづく者ものたちの気き持もちが楽らくになる。