► 副詞
先に [(1)さきに] [liter] meaning: before rank: 3
☆ 先に述べた通り… ⇨ As I mentioned before …
More examples:
- 用件を先に言って下さい ⇨ Please first tell me exactly what you need
- 御先に失礼します (おさき) ⇨ Allow me to leave before you do
- 彼は契約書を携えて客先に向かった ⇨ He headed to the customer’s office with a contract in hand
- 地震の時は真っ先に火を消すこと ⇨ When there is an earthquake, extinguish all fires first
- 先に申し上げたように … ⇨ As I mentioned earlier …
- 皆我先にと出口に殺到した ⇨ Everybody rushed to the exit like me first
- この先に三叉路が有る ⇨ There is a fork in the road ahead
- これを先にやろう ⇨ Let’s do this first
- 警察が踏み込んだが一足先に逃げられていた ⇨ The police raided the place but the suspect was one step ahead and was already gone
- 先に帰らせてもらいます ⇨ Allow me to leave first, ahead of you
- これを先に回すべきだ ⇨ We should turn, move, this to earlier in the priority queue
- 私が彼の質問にまごまごしていたら、彼は私の回答を待たずに先に進んだ ⇨ He kept going without waiting for my answer when I wasn’t able to react to his question
- この先に十字路が有る ⇨ There are crossroads ahead
- 指先に痺れがある ⇨ I have numbness in fingertips
- 新聞は先に掲載された記事を訂正した ⇨ The newspaper corrected the article previously published