先

Meanings

1. point; tip; end; nozzle
2. head (of a line); front
3. first; before; ahead (of)
4. (the way) ahead; beyond
5. future

Part of speech: noun, no-adjective, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 先

  Meanings

  before, ahead, previous, future

  On reading

  セン

  Kun reading

  さき、ま.ず

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• 鉛筆の先が丸くなった。

  The point of the pencil has become dull.

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• 二人の男のうち、背の高い方が先に出ていった。

  The taller of the two men went out first.

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• この電車は中野より先は各駅に停車する。

  This train stops at every station from Nakano on.

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