"先を越す" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

Etymology: From 先 + を + 超す. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|先|を|超す}} 先 + を + 超す Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|さき を こす}} 先(さき)を越(こ)す • (saki o kosu) Forms: 先を越す [canonical] (ruby: (さき), ()), saki o kosu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], 先を越さ [error-unrecognized-form], さきをこさ [error-unrecognized-form], saki o kosa [error-unrecognized-form], 先を越し [error-unrecognized-form], さきをこし [error-unrecognized-form], saki o koshi [error-unrecognized-form], 先を越す [error-unrecognized-form], さきをこす [error-unrecognized-form], saki o kosu [error-unrecognized-form], 先を越せ [error-unrecognized-form], さきをこせ [error-unrecognized-form], saki o kose [error-unrecognized-form], 先を越される [passive], さきをこされる [passive], saki o kosareru [passive], 先を越させる [causative], 先を越さす [causative], さきをこさせる [causative], さきをこさす [causative], saki o kosaseru [causative], saki o kosasu [causative], 先を越せる [potential], さきをこせる [potential], saki o koseru [potential], 先を越そう [volitional], さきをこそう [volitional], saki o kosō [volitional], 先を越さない [negative], さきをこさない [negative], saki o kosanai [negative], 先を越さず [continuative, negative], さきをこさず [continuative, negative], saki o kosazu [continuative, negative], 先を越します [formal], さきをこします [formal], saki o koshimasu [formal], 先を越した [perfective], さきをこした [perfective], saki o koshita [perfective], 先を越して [conjunctive], さきをこして [conjunctive], saki o koshite [conjunctive], 先を越せば [conditional, hypothetical], さきをこせば [conditional, hypothetical], saki o koseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch Tags: idiomatic

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  "etymology_text": "From 先 + を + 超す.",
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      "form": "saki o kosa",
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      "form": "先を越し",
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      "form": "さきをこし",
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      "form": "saki o koshi",
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      "form": "先を越す",
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      "form": "先を越される",
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      "form": "さきをこされる",
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      "form": "saki o kosareru",
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      "form": "先を越させる",
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      "form": "先を越さす",
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      "form": "さきをこさせる",
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      "form": "先を越せる",
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      "form": "さきをこせる",
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      "form": "先を越そう",
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      "form": "さきをこそう",
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      "form": "先を越さない",
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      "form": "さきをこさない",
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      "form": "saki o kosanai",
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      "form": "先を越さず",
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      "form": "さきをこします",
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      "form": "saki o koshimasu",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "先を越した",
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      "form": "さきをこした",
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      "form": "先を越して",
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        {
          "english": "That person apologized before I was about to complain.",
          "roman": "Monku o iō to omottara, saki o kosarete ayamararete shimatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "文句",
              "もんく"
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            [
              "言",
              "い"
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            [
              "思",
              "おも"
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            [
              "先",
              "さき"
            ],
            [
              "越",
              "こ"
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            [
              "謝",
              "あやま"
            ]
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        }
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        "to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch"
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        [
          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ],
        [
          "forestall",
          "forestall"
        ],
        [
          "beat to the punch",
          "beat to the punch"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "さきをこさ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "先を越し",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこし",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "saki o koshi",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "先を越す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "saki o kosu",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "先を越せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "さきをこせ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "saki o kose",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o koseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこさない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosanai",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o kosazu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越します",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o koshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o koshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "先を越して",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこして",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saki o koshite",
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        "conjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "先を越せば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "さきをこせば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    {
      "form": "saki o koseba",
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        {
          "english": "That person apologized before I was about to complain.",
          "roman": "Monku o iō to omottara, saki o kosarete ayamararete shimatta.",
          "ruby": [
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              "もんく"
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              "言",
              "い"
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              "思",
              "おも"
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            [
              "先",
              "さき"
            ],
            [
              "越",
              "こ"
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            [
              "謝",
              "あやま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "文句を言おうと思ったら、先を越されて謝られてしまった。"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ],
        [
          "forestall",
          "forestall"
        ],
        [
          "beat to the punch",
          "beat to the punch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "先を越す"
}

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