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Definition and Synonyms for 先
| 1. | 先行き | まだ到来していない時間 |
| Hereafter | the time yet to come | |
| Synonyms: | のち, さっき, これから, フューチャー, 今後, 以後, 先, 先, この先, お先, 先々, 先行, 先行き, 向後, 将来, 尻, 後, 後, この後, 後々, 後々, 後ろ, 後の世, 後方, 後来, 御先, 未来, 末々, 来者, 自今, 行き先, 行く先, 行方, 行き方, 行き方 | |
| 2. | 先 | 尖った突起部 |
| Prong | a pointed projection | |
| Synonyms: | さっき, 先, 先 | |
| 3. | 優先 | 時間的に先立つこと |
| Priority | preceding in time | |
| Synonyms: | さっき, プライオリティ, 優先, 優先権, 先, 先 | |
| 4. | 崎 | 矢印の棒の一端にあるV型の記号 |
| Point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | |
| Synonyms: | そば, さっき, 先, 先, 先端, 先頭, 岬, 崎, 穂, 穂先, 端, 端, 端, 端, 頂 | |
| 5. | 末つ方 | 長さのある何かのどちらかの先端 |
| Terminal | either extremity of something that has length | |
| Synonyms: | そば, さっき, 先, 先, 先っぽ, 先端, 外れ, 外れる, 尻, 尻っぽ, 後端, 最後, 末, 末, 末, 末, 末つ方, 末梢, 末端, 棒先, 極端, 穴, 端, 端, 端, 端, 端っこ, 端末 | |
| 6. | 先っぽ | あるものの一番先 |
| Tip | the extreme end of something | |
| Synonyms: | さっき, 先, 先, 先っぽ, 先っちょ, 先端, 最先端 | |
| 7. | 崎 | 尖っている先端 |
| Point | sharp end | |
| Synonyms: | そば, さっき, 先, 先, 先端, 岬, 崎, 穂, 穂先, 端, 端, 端, 端 | |
| 8. | 頂上 | 何かの一番上 |
| Head | the top of something | |
| Synonyms: | さっき, ヘッド, いただく, 上端, 先, 先, 先端, 頂, 頂上, 頂点 | |
| 9. | 先っぽ | 特に何かとがっているもの |
| Tip | especially something pointed | |
| Synonyms: | さっき, 先, 先, 先っぽ, 先っちょ, 先端, 最先端 |
Meanings for each kanji in 先
| » | 先 | before; ahead; previous; future; precedence |
Categories 先 is a member of
| 1. | 時 | 物事がその中で未来から現在を通り過去へと流れる、経験の連続体 |
| Time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | |
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| 2. | 凸 | 中央の支えから突起したもの |
| Projection | any structure that branches out from a central support | |
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| 3. | 正鵠 | （句読のためのような）書かれたまたは印刷された記号 |
| Mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) | |
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| 4. | 末つ方 | 長さのある何かのどちらかの先端 |
| Terminal | either extremity of something that has length | |
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| 5. | 末端 | 最も外側のまたは最も遠い領域またはポイント |
| Extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point | |
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| 6. | 頭 | あるものの上の部分 |
| Top | the upper part of anything | |
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| 7. | 時間的に早く、またはより早く来ることの特性 | |
| Earliness | quality of coming early or earlier in time | |
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+1, a lot of the times the kana is on'yomi but the pronunciation is kun'yomi, at least at single kanji
#2 Posted by modjo_ over 1 year ago
Why do do many words not sound as they are read?
#1 Posted by jaranyaporn over 1 year ago
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Yep, the reason is that the audio engine runs separately to the main dictionary, so for words where there is multiple readings, the audio engine chooses the most likely option. It's something that I'm looking to fix up in the first half of next year.