先制せんせい Common Noun Irregular Transitive Noun English jmdict 1 noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru transitive verbnouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' head start;initiative;preemption 先制の一撃をすれば半分勝ったようなものだ。 The first blow is half the battle.