先
セン
さき • ま.ず
before; ahead; previous; future; precedence
Words
鼻先思案
はなさきじあん はなさきしあん
- superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea n yoji
先公
せんこう
- teacher n col derog
- previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation n
校長先生
こうちょうせんせい
- school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress n hon
先輩後輩
せんぱいこうはい
- one's seniors and juniors exp
- seniority-based hierarchy exp
お先棒を担ぐ
おさきぼうをかつぐ
- to be a willing cats-paw or tool for a person exp v5g