先
セン
さき • ま.ず
before; ahead; previous; future; precedence
Words
客先
きゃくさき
- customer; client n
先んずれば人を制す
さきんずればひとをせいす
- the early bird gets the worm exp proverb
将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ
しょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよ
- do not shoot straight for the top; he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin; if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse exp proverb
後悔先に立たず
こうかいさきにたたず
- it is no use crying over spilt milk exp proverb
これより先
これよりさき
- ahead; further on; beyond (this place) exp
- before this; prior to this; earlier exp