先決

せんけつ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

Kanji

• 先 ahead. Read as セン.
• 決 decide. Read as ケツ.

Example sentences

• 君は煙草を吸うのをやめるのが先決だ。
  First, you have to stop smoking.
• 打開策を見つけるのが先決だ。
  In the first place we must find a way out of this.

Words containing 先決

• 先決問題 (せんけつもんだい) question to be settled first

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists