せんかう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せんかう – see the following entry.

[noun] preceding thing

[noun] a lead, a pioneer

[noun] something done prior to something else

[verb] [from 833] to go ahead of, to go in front of, to go first

[verb] [from 1887] to lead, to show the way

[verb] [from 1928] to do something ahead of something else

(This term, せんかう (senkau), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)