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先行する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

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

go ahead; go first; precede in movement

Used when a person, vehicle, team, or group moves or acts ahead of others. Common as 先行する or 先行して.

Related words· 7

先行 is a formal noun often used in する-compounds like 先行研究, while 先立つ is a native verb meaning one thing happens or occurs before another.

先発 means starting or being sent out first, especially in sports or transport, while 先行 focuses more broadly on being ahead of or preceding others.

先行 simply means going ahead or being in front, whereas 独走 stresses being far ahead with no close rivals.

先行する is a more formal, often technical or business term for going/being ahead, while 先駆ける emphasizes being a trailblazer or pioneer in some field.

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先さき取どり
先行 means simply 'going or coming before' in a sequence, while 先取り stresses actively obtaining or anticipating something ahead of others.
先せん遣けん
先行 refers broadly to going or occurring ahead in time or order, whereas 先遣 is limited to sending people (e.g. troops, a team) in advance for a mission.
進すすむN4
先行 specifically means to go ahead of others or occur beforehand, a narrower sense of what 進む can express when meaning 'to precede'.

Don't confuse with· 5

先攻 is a homophone meaning to bat or play first in a game, whereas 先行 means to go ahead or precede in movement or timing.

In horse racing, 逃げ means leading from the very front, while 先行 means staying near the front without necessarily leading outright.

先行 means 'going ahead' or 'preceding', while 先行き means 'the future outlook'; the two share kanji but differ completely in meaning.