先に立つ

さきにたつsakinitatsu

expression · godan verb · intransitive

  1. to lead
  2. to take the initiative
  3. to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger)
  4. to be most essential

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences