先せん着ちゃく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

先着する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

arriving first; first come, first served

Often used in the pattern 先着順 (first-come-first-served basis) or with する to mean 'arrive first'.

先せん着ちゃく〈数かず〉名めいに〈物もの〉をプレゼントするto give a gift to the first N customers/visitors
先せん着ちゃく50名めい様さまにオリジナルグッズをプレゼントします。
We'll give original merchandise to the first 50 customers.
先せん着ちゃく順じゅんで〈物もの〉を受うけ付つけるto accept something on a first-come, first-served basis
このイベントの参さん加かは先せん着ちゃく順じゅんで受うけ付つけています。
Participation in this event is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
〈場ば所しょ〉に先せん着ちゃくするto arrive first at a place
彼かれはレースでゴールに先せん着ちゃくした。
He was the first to reach the finish line in the race.

一いち番ばん乗のり
一番乗り is a more colloquial, celebratory way of saying someone arrived first, while 先着 is the neutral, often formal term used in rules like first-come-first-served.

遅ち着ちゃく
先着 means arriving first, whereas 遅着 means arriving late, as with a delayed train.

到とう着ちゃくN4
到着 simply means 'arrival' with no implication of order, while 先着 specifically means arriving before others.
先せん発ぱつ
先発 refers to departing or starting first (e.g. a starting pitcher), whereas 先着 refers to arriving first; both share the kanji 先 but describe different stages of a journey.

Compound of 先 (before, ahead) and 着 (arrive). The meaning is transparent from its components.