先払い – vocab dash

先さき払ばらい

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Transitive verb

1. payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment

2. payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls)

Noun

3. forerunner

Kanji used

Pitch accent

さきばらい

Composed of

point; tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; first; before; ahead (of); (the way) ahead; …

Noun

payment; bill; account; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

Noun

Examples1

私わたしは先さき払ばらいする。

I pay the money in advance.