Compounds of 先発
- (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) - (n) advance party
- (n) starting pitcher
- (n) first-to-invent system (e.g. in patent law)
- (n) starting line-up (wasei: starting member)