"機先を制する" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "機先を制する suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "roman": "kisen o seishi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制した",
      "roman": "kisen o seishita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seise",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きせん を せいする",
        "head": "機先を制する",
        "type": "suru"
      },
      "expansion": "機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)する • (kisen o seisuru) suru (stem 機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)し (kisen o seishi), past 機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)した (kisen o seishita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with する",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act fast and have the upper hand"
      ],
      "id": "en-機先を制する-ja-verb-opdLn1hC",
      "links": [
        [
          "act fast",
          "act fast"
        ],
        [
          "upper hand",
          "upper hand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲise̞ɰ̃ o̞ se̞ːsɨɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "機先を制する"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "機先を制する suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "roman": "kisen o seishi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制した",
      "roman": "kisen o seishita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "機",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "制",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seise",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seishite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "機先を制せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きせんをせいせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seisureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisen o seiseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きせん を せいする",
        "head": "機先を制する",
        "type": "suru"
      },
      "expansion": "機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)する • (kisen o seisuru) suru (stem 機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)し (kisen o seishi), past 機(き)先(せん)を制(せい)した (kisen o seishita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese suru verbs",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 先 read as せん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 制 read as せい",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 機 read as き",
        "Japanese terms suffixed with する",
        "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act fast and have the upper hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act fast",
          "act fast"
        ],
        [
          "upper hand",
          "upper hand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲise̞ɰ̃ o̞ se̞ːsɨɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "機先を制する"
}