[せんぱつ, senpatsu] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead; (2) being in a (team sports) match or game from the start; starting; (P) #3391
[koro] (n) (obsc) (See ころコンベヤ, ころ軸受け) roller; runner; dried whale blubber #3392
[ranna-] (n) runner; (P) #9481
[さきがけ, sakigake] (n, vs) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger; (P) #10984
[せんく, senku] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) forerunner; pioneer; precursor; (2) herald; (3) (See 前駆) outrider; pilot car; (P) #11519
[そうしゃ, sousha] (n) runner; (P) #15542
[じてん, jiten] (n) runner-up; (P) #18605
[toppuranna-] (n) top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
[pinchiranna-] (n) pinch runner
[ranna-zuhai] (n) runner's high
[いっそく, issoku] (n) fast runner; excellence
[はなまめ, hanamame] (n) (1) scarlet runner bean; (2) flower bean
[あしがある, ashigaaru] (exp) to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
[きゃくしつ, kyakushitsu] (n) running style (of a horse, e.g. a front runner)
[けんせいきゅう, kenseikyuu] (n) throw to check a runner
[さす, sasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust; (2) (See 螫す) to sting; to bite; (3) to sew; to stitch; to embroider; (4) (See 差す・11) to pole (a boat); (5) to catch (with a limed pole); (6) (in baseball) to put (a runner) out; to pick off; (P)
[じせき, jiseki] (n, adj-no) associate; junior; assistant; runner-up; (P)
[じてんしゃ, jitensha] (n) runner-up
[しゅかい, shukai] (n) forerunner; ringleader
[しゅんそく, shunsoku] (n, adj-no) (1) swift horse; fleet steed; fast runner; (2) talented person; brilliant person; (P)
[じゅんゆうしょう, junyuushou] (n) runner-up for the tournament title (sumo)
[つむぶり;ツムブリ, tsumuburi ; tsumuburi] (n) (uk) rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata); rainbow yellowtail; Spanish jack; Hawaiian salmon
[せんくしゃ, senkusha] (n) pioneer; trailblazer; groundbreaker; pathfinder; herald; forerunner
[せんこうば, senkouba] (n) front runner
[さきばらい, sakibarai] (n, vs) advance payment; payment on delivery; forerunner
[ぜんく;せんぐ(ok);ぜんぐ(ok), zenku ; sengu (ok); zengu (ok)] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; (2) harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; (3) anticipation
[はしりづかい, hashiridukai] (n) errand runner
[そうきんるい, soukinrui] (n) cursorial birds; runners
[だいそう, daisou] (n) substitute runner
[ちょうきょりそうしゃ, choukyorisousha] (n) long-distance runner
[でんれい, denrei] (n) messenger; orderly; runner
[にげうま, nigeuma] (n) front-runner
[みちばしり;ミチバシリ, michibashiri ; michibashiri] (n) (uk) roadrunner
[とくてんけん, tokutenken] (n) scoring position, with runners on second and-or third base (baseball)
[にちゃく, nichaku] (n) runner-up; second (in a race)
[にばん, niban] (n) second; number two; runner-up; (P)
[ばいにん, bainin] (n) trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
[つる, tsuru] (n) (uk) shoots which grow in a helix around a support and climb with tendrils or suckers as opposed to vines; esp. hops, bindweed, runner bean, French bean and honeysuckles
[ゆうりょくこうほ, yuuryokukouho] (n) major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
[じゅうたん, juutan] (n) (uk) carpet; rug; runner; (P)
[いだてん, idaten] (n) (1) { Buddh } Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); (2) great runner