先
N5さき saki
- the future
- previous
nounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
前方;以后;先前
Examples
- それから先の話を聞きたい。I'd like to know the rest of the story.我想听接下来的事。
- もうちょっと先までいってください。It's just a little further.请再往前走一点。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('20fcc4f54f'); // 先
{
"id": "20fcc4f54f",
"word": "先",
"reading": "さき",
"romaji": "saki",
"meanings": [
"the future",
"previous"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1387210,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "それから先の話を聞きたい。",
"en": "I'd like to know the rest of the story.",
"tatoeba_id": 205916
},
{
"ja": "もうちょっと先までいってください。",
"furigana": "もうちょっと{先|さき}までいってください。",
"en": "It's just a little further.",
"tatoeba_id": 194388
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "5cdd49a6444dfc4369b6a558a83933a2207e88464e6aaeb57e1163b37c1587e3",
"meanings": [
"前方;以后;先前"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "それから先の話を聞きたい。",
"zh": "我想听接下来的事。"
},
{
"ja": "もうちょっと先までいってください。",
"zh": "请再往前走一点。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/20fcc4f54f",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "4b4dab7775634149ff179aa550fd0e2eb35080c711b245e77247693d07edd634"
}
}