せんじん

せんじん
I
[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.

先人の跡をたどる follow in the steps of one's predecessors; follow the precedent of one's late father.

II
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].

●先陣争いをする scramble to be first [in the van, at the front].

III
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.

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