► 副詞
先に [(1)さきに] [liter] meaning: before rank: 2
☆ 先に述べた通り… ⇨ As I mentioned before …
More examples:
- あいつが先に俺を侮辱したんだ。だからと言って殴っていいわけじゃないだろう ⇨ He insulted me first. Even if that’s the case you cannot just punch him
- 彼は言葉より手が先に出る ⇨ He punches, shoves, someone before saying something. He has a violent streak
- この線より先に進まないように ⇨ Don’t go beyond this line
- 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
- 転職をしようとしていた矢先にコロナ禍が起こった ⇨ Just when I was about to change my job, COVID pandemic happened
- 私達は昨日客先に品物を発送した ⇨ We ship the item to the customer yesterday
- 彼は誰よりも先にそのことに気がついた ⇨ He realized that before anybody
- 彼は取引先に御歳暮を送った (おせいぼ) ⇨ He sent out year-end gifts to his business partners
- 簡単な所から先に片付けよう ⇨ Let’s take care of the easy parts first
- 後悔先に立たず ⇨ Regrets don’t precede. It is too late by the time you regret
- 新聞は先に掲載された記事を訂正した ⇨ The newspaper corrected the article previously published
- お先に失礼致します ⇨ I leave before you. Please allow me to leave before you do
- この先に三叉路が有る ⇨ There is a fork in the road ahead
- 指の先に棘が刺さった ⇨ A thorn got stuck at the tip of my finger