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[先人] *predecessor【C】前任者;先祖*ancestor【C】先駆者, 先人.II[先陣] vanguard[the ~] (軍隊・艦隊・行進などの)先頭, 前衛, 先陣.先人
predecessor
pioneer
ancestor
先陣
vanguard
advance guard
千仭
great depth
great height* * *Iせんじん【先人】*predecessor〖C〗前任者; 先祖*ancestor〖C〗先駆者, 先人.IIせんじん【先陣】vanguard[the ~] (軍隊・艦隊・行進などの)先頭, 前衛, 先陣.* * *Iせんじん【先人】〔昔の人〕 a forerunner; earlier people; one's predecessors; 〔亡父・祖先〕 one's late father; one's forefathers; one's ancestors.●先人に学ぶ learn from one's forefathers.
II●先人の跡をたどる follow in the steps of one's predecessors; follow the precedent of one's late father.
せんじん【先陣】〔本陣の前の陣〕 the van (of an army); the advance guard; the vanguard; (前哨線) an outpost [a scouting] line; 〔一番乗り〕 the leader (of the field, into battle).●先陣を切る lead the van.
先陣争い a scramble to be first [in the van, at the front].III●先陣争いをする scramble to be first [in the van, at the front].
せんじん【戦陣】a battlefield.●戦陣に馳せ参じる dash off into [to do] battle
・戦陣に臨む participate [engage] in a battle; take the field; go to the front.
戦陣訓 the Field Service [Combatants'] Code.IVせんじん【戦塵】the dust of combat [the battlefield].●まだ戦塵に汚れていない若い兵士 an inexperienced young soldier; a raw recruit.
●戦塵を洗い落す wash off the dust of combat; rest from active service at the front.
●戦塵収まる. The dust of battle settles. | 《文》 The tumult of war dies down.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.