先遣隊

せんけんたい

advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit

先遣部隊

せんけんぶたい

advance troops, vanguard

先先週

せんせんしゅう さきざきしゅう

week before last

先の先

せんのせん

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

遣米

けんべい

sending to America

遣る

やる

to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study

分遣

ぶんけん

detachment, detail

遣悶

けんもん

driving away melancholy

鬼遣

driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve)

遣欧

けんおう

dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy); sending to Europe

遣外

けんがい

dispatched abroad, despatched abroad

派遣

はけん

dispatch, despatch, deployment

差遣

さけん

dispatch, despatch, sending

先

さき せん

former, previous, old

先ず先ず

まずまず

tolerable, passable, adequate, so-so

行く先先

ゆくさきざき いくさきざき

everywhere, everywhere one goes, wherever one goes

先々の先

せんせんのせん

predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)

遣り場

やりば

place of refuge (figurative), outlet (for an emotion, anger, etc.)

頭遣い

かしらつかい あたまづかい

puppeteer for the head