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Meaning of 先立つ in Japanese
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先立つ
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Kana Readingさきだつ
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Romajisakidatsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `tsu' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence
- Example sentence
- 話し合いのもとにするために、ミーティングに先立ち、皆様からいただいた提案をとりまとめてみました。 I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
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Examples of 先立つ, さきだつ in a sentence
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話し合いのもとにするために、ミーティングに先立ち、皆様からいただいた提案をとりまとめてみました。
I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
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She was bereaved of a son.
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She has buried her only son.
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He was bereaved of his son.
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海戦に先立って出港したからには、乗組員が船に慣れる時間がないことが、しばしばあるものだ。
A sailor frequently has no time to get his sea legs after leaving port before a battle starts.
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Prior to the meeting, they had dinner.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 先立つ
- Plain Polite
- 先立ちます
- Negative
- 先立たない
- Negative Polite
- 先立ちません
Past
- Plain
- 先立った
- Plain Polite
- 先立ちました
- Negative
- 先立たなかった
- Negative Polite
- 先立ちませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 先立って
- Plain Polite
- 先立ちまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 先立たれる
- Plain Polite
- 先立たれます
- Negative
- 先立たれない
- Negative Polite
- 先立たれません
Kanji in this word
6 strokes
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
On'Yomi: セン
Kun'Yomi: さき, ま.ず
5 strokes
stand up, rise, set up, erect
On'Yomi: リツ, リュウ, リットル
Kun'Yomi: た.つ, -た.つ, た.ち-, た.てる, -た.てる, た.て-, たて-, -た.て, -だ.て, -だ.てる