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優先 (ゆうせん): preference, priority — Japanese vocabulary

優先 is read ゆうせん and means "preference, priority". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

優先

Reading
ゆうせん · yuusen
Translation
preference, priority
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ゆうせんが

Example

何よりも義務を優先すべきだ。

なんよりもぎむをゆうせんすべきだ。

Duty should come before anything else.

Kanji in this word

  • 優 — superior, gentle
  • 先 — previous, ahead

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