露払い|つゆはらいtsuyuharai[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbperson who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; harbinger; forerunner
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbopening performer
  3. noun, sumosumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
Conjugation
Dictionary form露払いする(つゆはらいする)
Polite (masu)露払いします(つゆはらいします)
Negative (nai)露払いしない(つゆはらいしない)
polite (masen)露払いしません(つゆはらいしません)
classical zu / nu露払いせず・露払いせぬ(つゆはらいせず・つゆはらいせぬ)
Past (ta)露払いした(つゆはらいした)
polite (mashita)露払いしました(つゆはらいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)露払いしなかった(つゆはらいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)露払いしませんでした(つゆはらいしませんでした)
Te form露払いして(つゆはらいして)
Potential露払いできる(つゆはらいできる)
Passive露払いされる(つゆはらいされる)
Causative露払いさせる(つゆはらいさせる)
Causative passive露払いさせられる(つゆはらいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)露払いすれば(つゆはらいすれば)
tara露払いしたら(つゆはらいしたら)
Volitional露払いしよう(つゆはらいしよう)
polite (mashou)露払いしましょう(つゆはらいしましょう)
Imperative露払いしろ(つゆはらいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym先駆せんくWrittenWritten register. Can mean a pioneer acting ahead of others or one clearing the way at the head of a procession; 「露払い」 stresses warming up for the main figure.
  • Synonym前駆ぜんくFormalFormal. Stresses someone on horseback riding at the head of a procession to clear its way; it also means front-wheel drive in cars.
  • Synonym先駆けさきがけNeutralNeutral. Stresses acting before others or leading an attack; also a harbinger, as in 「春の先駆け」. Broader in use than 「露払い」.
  • Synonym先駆者せんくしゃWrittenWritten. Stresses a person who opens up a new field, i.e. 「パイオニア」; 「露払い」 instead points to the one going ahead of the star.

Use 「露払い」 for someone who clears the way or warms up the stage for a VIP or the main act, such as the wrestler leading a yokozuna's ring entrance or an opening performer. For a pioneer of a new field use 「先駆者」; for being first to act, 「先駆け」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 重要じゅうような人ひとや行列ぎょうれつの前まえを行おこなって、道みちを整ととのえる人ひと。
  2. 演劇えんげきや相撲すもうなどで、本番ほんばんの前まえに舞台ぶたいに出でて場ばを盛り上もりあげる人ひと。
  3. 大おお相撲すもうで、横綱よこづなの土俵どひょう入いりに先立さきだって行いく力士りきし。
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