前衛 (ぜんえい, zenei) Japanese meaning: advance guard | Kotomora陣
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The advance guard unit charged into the enemy position.
He is active as a vanguard of the reform movement.
Usage patterns
〈人〉が〈事〉の前衛に立つto stand at the forefront of (a movement, cause)
He stood at the forefront of the environmental movement.
〈人〉が前衛を務めるto play the position of forward
He plays as a forward on the soccer team.
〈事〉の前衛を成すto form the vanguard of (a field, movement)
That composer forms the vanguard of contemporary music.
