先に
N1さきに sakini
- before
- earlier than
- ahead
- beyond
- away
- previously
- recently
adverb
Chinese meanings
先;之前
Examples
- その情報は発表するより先に新聞に漏れた。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。
- 私が先にそこへ着くよ。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"
}
}