先せん発ぱつ

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先発する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	先発せんぱつする	先発せんぱつしない
Polite	先発せんぱつします	先発せんぱつしません
Past polite	先発せんぱつしました	先発せんぱつしませんでした
Past	先発せんぱつした	先発せんぱつしなかった
Te-form	先発せんぱつして	先発せんぱつしないで
Desire	先発せんぱつしたい	先発せんぱつしたくない
Potential	先発せんぱつできる	先発せんぱつできない
Passive	先発せんぱつされる	先発せんぱつされない
Causative	先発せんぱつさせる	先発せんぱつさせない
Causative passive	先発せんぱつさせられる	先発せんぱつさせられない
Volitional	先発せんぱつしよう
Polite volitional	先発せんぱつしましょう
Imperative	先発せんぱつしろ	先発せんぱつするな
Conditional	先発せんぱつすれば	先発せんぱつしなければ
Tara conditional	先発せんぱつしたら	先発せんぱつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

going first; starting ahead; departing in advance

Used when a person, group, vehicle, or unit starts or goes ahead before others. Often appears as 先発する, 先発の, or in compounds such as 先発隊 and 先発組.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉〉が先発せんぱつするfor someone to go or depart ahead of others
準じゅん備びのため、数すう名めいが先せん発ぱつして会かい場じょうに向むかった。
A few people went ahead of the others to the venue to prepare.
〈人ひと〉〉が先発せんぱつで出場しゅつじょうするfor someone to play as a starter in a game
けがから復ふっ帰きした選せん手しゅが久ひさしぶりに先せん発ぱつで出しゅつ場じょうした。
The player who recovered from injury started in a game for the first time in a while.
〈人ひと〉〉が先発せんぱつを任まかされるto be entrusted with starting (e.g. as a pitcher)
若わか手て投とう手しゅが今日きょうの試し合あいで先せん発ぱつを任まかされた。
The young pitcher was entrusted with starting in today's game.
〈人ひと〉〉が先発せんぱつで登板とうばんするfor a pitcher to take the mound as the starter
エースが先せん発ぱつで登とう板ばんし、五ご回かいまで無む失しっ点てんだった。
The ace pitcher started the game and pitched five scoreless innings.

Kanji

先before, ahead, previous
発departure, discharge, publish

Related words

先せん行こうN1sense 1
先発 specifically refers to starting or departing ahead of others, while 先行 more broadly means being ahead in order, progress, or competition.
スタメン sense 2
先発 is the standard term for a starting lineup or starting pitcher, while スタメン is a casual, shortened sports slang word for the same idea.
スターター
先発 is the native Japanese term for a starting player or pitcher, while スターター is the loanword used more casually in the same sense.
登とう板ばん
先発 specifically means starting a game (as opposed to relieving), while 登板 covers any mound appearance, starting or relief.

Opposites

後こう発はつ sense 1
先発 means starting or departing first, while 後発 means starting or entering later than others.
代だい打だ
先発 refers to the starting batter or pitcher in the original lineup, the opposite of 代打, who comes in later as a substitute.
中なか継つぎN1
先発 refers to the starting pitcher who begins the game, the opposite role to 中継ぎ, who comes in during the middle innings.
リリーフ
リリーフ is a pitcher who comes in mid-game, the opposite of 先発, the starting pitcher who begins the game.

Don't confuse with

継けい投とう
先発 refers to the starting pitcher or starting role itself, whereas 継投 is the strategy of relieving that pitcher later in the game.
先せん着ちゃくN1
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.

Word family

先せん発ぱつ品ひん
original drug; originator drug
先せん発ぱつ薬やく
original drug; originator drug
先せん発ぱつ隊たい
advance party; advance team
先せん発ぱつ投とう手しゅ
starting pitcher
先せん発ぱつ医い薬やく品ひん
original drug; originator drug; brand-name drug
先発せんぱつメンバー
starting lineup; starting member

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 先, meaning 'before' or 'ahead,' and 発, associated here with departure or starting. This is a component-based explanation of the spelling, not a precise historical derivation.