Word of the Day

VN Club

A community for Japanese learners passionate about reading visual novels in their original, untranslated form.

Setup Guides

Anki Guide
JL Guide
Textractor Guide
OwOCR Guide
Bottles Guide
JDownloader Guide

Resources

Getting Started
FAQ
Find VNs
Where to Get VNs
Tools

Features

Browse VNs
Recommendations
VNDB Stats
VN News
Kana Quiz
Tier List
3x3 Maker
Roulette
Higher or Lower

Community

Join Discord
Events
Changelog
Contribute on GitHub
Public API
Contact

A free and open community resource.

Privacy·Terms

先駆 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

Jump to today’s word

Word of the Day

先(せん)駆(く)

Common

Rank #91,182

Found in 9 VNs · 63 total media

Listen on Forvo

Meanings

nvsvi

forerunner
precursor
pioneer
leader

Forms

先駆

66.9%

せんく

33.1%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

「ほら、鳳后って、女流アートの先駆だから。」

Source: Otome ga Tsumugu Koi no Canvas

情報を与えられていなかったのは先駆だけで、この混乱は彼らにとって織り込み済みだったのかもしれないが。

Source: Silverio Vendetta

言ってみれば、俺達第二世代セカンドの先駆。

Source: BALDR SKY Dive1 "Lost Memory"

Sentences with Translation

from Tatoeba

彼はいわゆる先駆者だ。

He is what we call a pioneer.

Kanji

先

ahead, before, future, precedence, previous

Heisig: before

N4Grade 16 strokes#40 freq

On'yomi

セン

Kun'yomi

さき、ま.ず

Common Compounds

祖先(そせん)ancestor

先着(せんちゃく)arriving first

先月(せんげつ)

Conjugations

suru verb

Dictionary先駆する

Plain present

Polite先駆します

Polite present

Negative先駆しない

Plain negative

Past先駆した

Plain past

Te-form先駆して

Connective

Potential先駆できる

Can do

Passive先駆される

Is done

Causative先駆させる

Make do

Volitional先駆しよう

Let's / intend to

Conditional先駆すれば

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

Panic Buttonin 3 VNs Mercenary Support Characterin 2 VNs Beat 'em Upin 2 VNs Slumsin 2 VNs Carryover Savein 2 VNs Mercenary Protagonistin 2 VNs Mecha Pilot Heroinein 2 VNs

Look Up

Jiten Jisho Wiktionary (EN)Wiktionary (JA)

Recent Words

無鉄砲

むてっぽうadj-na · nJul 27

rash; reckless; headlong

開設

かいせつn · vsJul 26

establishment; opening; setting up

横柄

おうへいadj-na · nJul 25

arrogant; haughty; insolent

Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

nvsvi

outrider
outriding

Pitch accent

せんく○

Most found in

3days ~Michiteyuku Toki no Kanata de~

4 occurrences

Most found in

3days ~Michiteyuku Toki no Kanata de~

4 occurrences

last month

先例(せんれい)precedent

卒先(そっせん)taking the initiative

宛先(あてさき)address, destination

先週(せんしゅう)last week, the week before

先頃(さきごろ)recently, the other day

駆

advance, drive, gallop, impel, inspire, run

Heisig: drive

N1Junior high14 strokes#732 freq

On'yomi

ク

Kun'yomi

か.ける、か.る

Common Compounds

駆足(かけあし)cantering

駆ける(かける)to advance (against one's enemy), to charge (on horseback)

追掛ける(おいかける)to chase, to run after, to pursue

駆動(くどう)driving force

駆除(くじょ)extermination (of pests), eradication, stamping out (e.g. a social evil)

先駆(せんく)outrider, outriding

翔る(かける)to run, to dash

駆使(くし)working (someone) hard, driving (someone) on

Soldier Heroine

in 3 VNs

playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf

密通

みっつうn · vsJul 23

adultery; illicit intercourse

社会科

しゃかいかnJul 22

social studies (school subject)