先手

さきて, せんてsakite

noun

  1. front lines
  2. vanguard
  3. moving first
  4. person with the first move
  5. forestalling
  6. (seizing the) initiative
  7. sente
  8. move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

Kanji in this word

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