<entry id="2288148" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2859782</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>先陣を切る</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>先陣をきる</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>せんじんをきる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to lead (advance)</gloss>
<gloss>to spearhead (campaign, attack)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-01-07 20:14:39" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>penname01</upd_name>
<upd_detl>needs better glosses</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>jitsuyou

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 先陣を切る │ 7,391 │ 86.9% │
│ 先陣をきる │ 1,119 │ 13.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-10 20:45:09" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Maybe better.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: 先陣を切る lead the van.
中辞典: 先陣を切る spearhead ┏an attack [a sales campaign].</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18 +18,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to lead&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to lead (advance)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to spearhead (campaign, attack)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>