先 – Vocabulary details

先さき

Meanings

Noun

1. point; tip; end; nozzle

2. head (of a line); front

3. first; before; ahead (of)

4. (the way) ahead; beyond

Adjective (の)

Noun

5. future

6. previous; prior; former; recent; last

Noun

Suffix

7. destination

Noun

8. rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part

9. the other party

Alt. forms

Kanji used

先

before (timewise)

Pitch accent

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き

Used in: 6135

Used in vocabulary (204 in total)

先さきに

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

先さきほど

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

指ゆび先さき

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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Examples (28 in total)

女おんなと子こどもが先さきだ。

Women and children first!

鶏にわとりが先さきか、卵たまごが先さきか。

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

さあ、みんな、先さきへ進すすもう。

Now folks, let's go on.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

Kanji used

Pitch accent

Used in vocabulary (204 in total)

Examples (28 in total)