先んじる

さきんじる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

Kanji

• 先 ahead. Read as さき.

Example sentences

• 君の考えは時勢に先んじているね。
  Your ideas are ahead of the times.
• 先んずれば人を制す。
  First come, first served.
• 彼ははるかに時代に先んじていた。
  He was far ahead of his time.
• 彼は彼の時代に先んじていた。
  He was ahead of his time.

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