先 (Saki) is a Japanese noun meaning “point, tip, end, nozzle”.
Meanings
- nounpoint; tip; end; nozzle
- nounhead (of a line); front
- nounfirst; before; ahead (of)
- noun(the way) ahead; beyond
- noun, adjectival nounfuture
- adjectival noun, nounprevious; prior; former; recent; last
Examples
転ばぬ先の杖。
Forewarned is forearmed.
男性より女性が先。
Ladies before gentlemen.
新聞を先にどうぞ。
Please, you can have the paper first.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).