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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

先さきに

N1
さきに sakini
  1. before
  2. earlier than
  3. ahead
  4. beyond
  5. away
  6. previously
  7. recently
adverb

Chinese meanings

先;之前

Examples

  • その情じょう報ほうは発はっ表ぴょうするより先さきに新しん聞ぶんに漏もれた。
    The information was given away to the newspaper prior to the announcement.
    消息在发表之前泄露给了报纸。
  • 私わたしが先さきにそこへ着つくよ。
    I'll get there before you will.
    我会先到那里。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('eff14d6855'); // 先に
{
  "id": "eff14d6855",
  "word": "先に",
  "reading": "さきに",
  "romaji": "sakini",
  "meanings": [
    "before",
    "earlier than",
    "ahead",
    "beyond",
    "away",
    "previously",
    "recently"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1387280,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その情報は発表するより先に新聞に漏れた。",
      "furigana": "その{情報|じょうほう}は{発表|はっぴょう}するより{先|さき}に{新聞|しんぶん}に{漏|も}れた。",
      "en": "The information was given away to the newspaper prior to the announcement.",
      "tatoeba_id": 208920
    },
    {
      "ja": "私が先にそこへ着くよ。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}が{先|さき}にそこへ{着|つ}くよ。",
      "en": "I'll get there before you will.",
      "tatoeba_id": 167611
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "af87607d3e55578988a30fedb9da5016676e592fbe97c961cc40a371b7f7ef46",
    "meanings": [
      "先",
      "之前"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その情報は発表するより先に新聞に漏れた。",
        "zh": "消息在发表之前泄露给了报纸。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私が先にそこへ着くよ。",
        "zh": "我会先到那里。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/eff14d6855",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1387280; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "138dcb8e9055e8ceb3d2ea297b1da44f789d2b8fef7301dfcf5d4e37311452c1",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}