先回り|さきまわりsakimawari[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgoing on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
    敵てきが攻撃こうげきしそうなところに先回さきまわりして手てを打うっておいた。↗
    We anticipated where the enemy would attack.
Conjugation
Dictionary form先回りする(さきまわりする)
Polite (masu)先回りします(さきまわりします)
Negative (nai)先回りしない(さきまわりしない)
polite (masen)先回りしません(さきまわりしません)
classical zu / nu先回りせず・先回りせぬ(さきまわりせず・さきまわりせぬ)
Past (ta)先回りした(さきまわりした)
polite (mashita)先回りしました(さきまわりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)先回りしなかった(さきまわりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)先回りしませんでした(さきまわりしませんでした)
Te form先回りして(さきまわりして)
Potential先回りできる(さきまわりできる)
Passive先回りされる(さきまわりされる)
Causative先回りさせる(さきまわりさせる)
Causative passive先回りさせられる(さきまわりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)先回りすれば(さきまわりすれば)
tara先回りしたら(さきまわりしたら)
Volitional先回りしよう(さきまわりしよう)
polite (mashou)先回りしましょう(さきまわりしましょう)
Imperative先回りしろ(さきまわりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym先制せんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Striking first or scoring first in a match or contest, as in 「先制点」; competitive in flavor rather than general anticipation.
  • Synonym先んじるさきんじるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on coming before something in time, as in 「時代に先んじる」, rather than anticipating another person's move.
  • Synonym抜け駆けぬけがけCasualColloquial. Slipping ahead on your own behind your companions' backs, with a tinge of betrayal; more negative than 「先回り」.
  • Synonym出し抜くだしぬくNeutralNeutral verb. Outmaneuvering someone by exploiting an opening or through deceit; more calculating than 「先回り」.
  • Synonym先んずるさきんずるFormalFormal. The literary, classical form of 「先んじる」, with the same sense of preceding or forestalling.
  • Related先取りさきどりNeutralNeutral. Getting something before it is due or being ahead of the trends; about obtaining early, not arriving first.
  • Antonym遅れおくれNeutralNeutral antonym. Being later than others or behind schedule; the opposite of the one-step-ahead feel of 「先回り」.

Use 「先回り」 for getting somewhere before others or anticipating and acting in advance, as in 「先回りして待つ」「先回りして答える」. In competition, 「先制」; sneaking ahead behind companions' backs, 「抜け駆け」; getting things early or being ahead of trends, 「先取り」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 他ほかの人ひとより前まえに着つく、または先さきに行動こうどうすること。
  2. 相手あいての行動こうどうや考かんがえを予想よそうして、あらかじめ対応たいおうすること。
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