Vocabulary

What does 先取り (さきどり, sakidori) mean?

先取り (さきどり, sakidori) means receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others.

Quick facts
Readingさきどり
Romajisakidori
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
さきどり
sakidori

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others
  2. 2noun · suru verb · transitive anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times)
  3. 3noun · suru verb · transitive prefetch
  4. 4noun · suru verb · transitive anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

Also written: 先どり、先取

Look up another word →

Data sources and licences

Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.