"前衛" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː] Forms: 前衛 [canonical] (ruby: 前(ぜん), 衛(えい)), zen'ei [romanization], 前衞 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんえい}} 前(ぜん)衛(えい) • (zen'ei)
  1. vanguard (leading units of an army)
    Sense id: en-前衛-ja-noun-eowGF3F3 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 12 5 17 25 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 3 11 35 6 28 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 20 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 13 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 27 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 59 14 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 16 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 16 31
  2. forward (player nearest to the opposing soccer team), lineman (playing position in football), or similar positions in tennis, volleyball, and other sports
    Sense id: en-前衛-ja-noun-su~6c0W3 Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 27 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 16 40
  3. avant-garde, vanguard (forefront of any group or movement)
    Sense id: en-前衛-ja-noun-d5IA9ft~ Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 27 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 28 33 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 16 40
     
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