► 成句
先 [さき] [先を越す] meaning: lead rank: 2
☆ 彼等は新兵器の開発で敵に先を越されることを恐れている ⇨ They are afraid that the enemies could develop the new weapons before them
先 [さき] [目と鼻の先] meaning: close rank: 4
☆ 事件は警視庁の目と鼻の先で起こった ⇨ The incident happened right in front of the eyes and nose of the police headquarters
► 名詞
先 [さき] meaning: ahead rank: 1
☆ この先は全て未舗装路だ ⇨ From this point on, they are all unpaved road
☆ この先十分位行った所にコンビニがある ⇨ You keep going ahead for about 10 minutes and there is a convenient store
☆ 先を急ぐ余りに今が疎かになった ⇨ They were in too much of a hurry to move ahead that they failed to take care of the present
☆ 暗くて先がよく見えない ⇨ It is too dark I cannot see ahead
先 [さき] meaning: before rank: 1
☆ 彼が先に来た ⇨ He came before me. He was already here when I arrived
☆ 彼に先に知らせておくべきだ ⇨ We should let him know beforehand
☆ 彼は誰よりも先にそのことに気がついた ⇨ He realized that before anybody
先 [さき] [御先] [coll] [polite] meaning: before rank: 1
☆ 御先に失礼します (おさき) ⇨ Allow me to leave before you do
先 [さき] meaning: destination rank: 1
☆ 彼女は引っ越した先で新しい仕事を始めた ⇨ She started a new job at the place she had moved to
☆ 食べ物は行った先で買えば良い ⇨ We can buy food at the destination
先 [さき] meaning: first rank: 1
☆ ガス漏れを止めるのが先だ ⇨ We need to stop the gas leak first
☆ これを先にやろう ⇨ Let’s do this first
☆ 先に帰らせてもらいます ⇨ Allow me to leave first, ahead of you
☆ 支払いが先だ ⇨ You have to pay first
先 [さき] [御先] [coll] [polite] meaning: first rank: 1
☆ 御先にどうぞ (おさき) ⇨ You go first, ahead
先 [さき] [coll] meaning: future rank: 1
☆ この先どうなるかはっきりしない ⇨ It is not clear what is going to happen from now on
☆ 今は先の事を考える余裕が無い ⇨ I don’t have the room to think about the future right now
☆ 先が楽しみな選手 ⇨ A player with a promising future
先 [さき] meaning: tip rank: 1
☆ 指の先に棘が刺さった ⇨ A thorn got stuck at the tip of my finger
先 [(1)さき] meaning: past rank: 3
☆ 社会党は先の選挙で大敗した ⇨ The socialist party suffered a major defeat in the recent election (☛ A recent past)
More examples:
- 彼等は新兵器の開発で敵に先行している ⇨ They are ahead of the enemies in the development of the new weapon
- この先に三叉路が有る ⇨ There is a fork in the road ahead
- 先生もきっと御理解されよう ⇨ I am sure the master will understand
- 事業を始めようにも先立つ物が無い (さきだつもの) ⇨ I want to start a new business but I don’t have the prerequisite, fund, resources
- 彼は事故で指先を詰めた ⇨ His finger got cut off in the tip in the accident
- あなたの連絡先は何処ですか？事務所に電話して下さい ⇨ Where should I contact you at? Call me at my office
- 先ずは出血を止めることが必要だ ⇨ You have to stop bleeding first
- 先ず試してから決めるつもりだ ⇨ I will decide after trying it out first
- この線より先に進まないように ⇨ Don’t go beyond this line
- 私は有名な画家の先生に指導して頂いている ⇨ I am having a famous painter teach me
- 彼等は先ずは応急策を考えだした ⇨ They came up with an emergency countermeasure
- 彼等は先住していた人達を殺戮した ⇨ They massacred the people who lived there earlier, indigenous people
- 申し訳有りませんが、その日は先約が有ります ⇨ Unfortunately there is an earlier booking on that day. We are already booked on that day
- 行く先々で同じことを聞かれる ⇨ Wherever I go people ask me the same question
- 問題が大きくなる前に先手を打とう ⇨ Take a preemptive action before the problem gets bigger