優先
ゆうせん
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive, Intransitive, No-adjective
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
Example sentences
年寄りを優先しろ。
Do make older people the priority!
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Duty should come before anything else.
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You should put safety before everything else.
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He should be given preference over the others.
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Fire engines have priority over other vehicles.
More examples (7)
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Strength always prevails in the insect Kingdom.
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This duty has priority over all others.
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We must put safety before anything else.
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Of course I apologised, saying that the first appointment had priority.
雑誌によってはライターに自由に書かせて後でレイアウトなんだけど、あの雑誌はデザイン優先で字数全部決まってた。
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
その結果として、大切な躾や社会道徳の教育がおろそかにされてきた事は否めない。多くの親自身が、子供の勉強を優先するあまり、他人への思いやりなど社会の一員としての責任を忘れがちになっているのも事実である。
As a result, it is undeniable that important disciplines and moral education have been neglected. By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.
女性優先。
Ladies first.