先頭 – Vocabulary details

先せん頭とう

Meanings

Noun

1. head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard

もうすぐ先せん頭とうに出でる。I will be at the front soon.

Kanji used

先

before (timewise)

頭

head

Pitch accent

せ

んとう

Used in: 2387

Composed of

先せん

former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

頭とう

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

先せん頭とうに立たつ

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

先せん頭とう集しゅう団だん

leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

先せん頭とうを切きる

to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

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Examples (7 in total)

もうすぐ先せん頭とうに出でる。

I will be at the front soon.

先せん頭とうの男おとこが、一いっ歩ぽ前まえに出でた。

The man at the front took a step forward.

彼かの女じょはあくまで先せん頭とうを歩あるこうとする。

She stubbornly insists on walking at the front.

一いっ気きに第だい一いち集しゅう団だんの先せん頭とうに出でました。

In one burst, they surged to the front of the lead pack.

私わたしは先せん頭とう車しゃ両りょうに向むけて駆かけ出だしました。

I ran toward the lead car.

彼かれは先せん頭とうの選せん手しゅに最さい後ごまで食くいついた。

He stuck with the leading runner until the very end.

電でん車しゃの先せん頭とう車しゃに乗のると、前まえの景け色しきがよく見みえる。