率そっ先せん

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率先する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

taking the initiative; leading the way

Used when someone acts first or sets an example for others to follow. Often appears as 率先して (adverbially) or 率先する (suru verb).

彼かれは率そっ先せんして会かい議ぎの準じゅん備びを始はじめた。
He took the initiative and started preparing for the meeting.
リーダーは率そっ先せんして手て本ほんを示しめすべきだ。
A leader should take the lead and set an example.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が率そっ先せんして〈動どう詞し〉for someone to take the initiative and do something
部ぶ長ちょうは率そっ先せんして掃そう除じを始はじめた。
The manager took the initiative and started cleaning up.
〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉に率そっ先せんするfor someone to take the lead in something
彼かれは新あたらしいプロジェクトに率そっ先せんして取とり組くんだ。
He took the lead in tackling the new project.

Kanji

率ratio, rate, proportion
先before, ahead, previous
帥commander, leading troops, governor

Related words

主しゅ導どうN1
主導 means taking the lead in directing or controlling a group or project, whereas 率先 emphasizes voluntarily acting first to set an example.
先せん導どう
先導 means physically guiding or leading others (e.g. a procession), while 率先 focuses on being the first to act as an example.

Don't confuse with

率そっ直ちょくN2
率直 (frank, candid) shares the kanji 率 and the そっ- sound with 率先 but describes honesty of speech, not taking initiative.

Word family

率そっ先せん垂すい範はん
lead by example; take the initiative and set an example
率そっ先せん躬きゅう行こう
taking the lead and practicing what one preaches; setting an example by doing

Written forms

率そっ先せんUsage100%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
帥そっ先せんUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

The kanji 率 means 'to lead' and 先 means 'ahead' or 'first', together conveying the idea of leading from the front. The reading そっせん is a regular on'yomi compound.