さき
Meanings
Noun
1. point; tip; end; nozzle
2. head (of a line); front
3. first; before; ahead (of)
4. (the way) ahead; beyond
Adjective (の)
Noun
5. future
6. previous; prior; former; recent; last
Noun
Suffix
7. destination
Noun
8. rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part
9. the other party
Kanji used
before (timewise)
Pitch accent
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (204 in total)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
Examples (28 in total)
Women and children first!
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Now folks, let's go on.
There must have been an accident up ahead.
I couldn't even see one meter in front of me!
Christmas is only two weeks off.
His pencil has a sharp point.
The shopping center is one mile ahead.
Have you decided where you're going to go to study abroad?
I can't go any farther.
They didn't wish to go any further.
I don't know what to do from now on.
At the end of the forest, there is a beautiful lake.
You go ahead, Tom. I'll catch up soon.
There is a park across that crosswalk.
It will be a long time before I can buy a house.
I guess it will be a long time before I can return to Japan.
He stared at me from head to foot.
Our task has been easy so far, but it will be difficult from now on.
Excuse me but may I ask for your name and contact information?
The bank is three blocks away.
The school is two kilometers ahead.
A gas station is one kilometer ahead.
We could see the summit of a mountain twenty miles away.
My birthday is one month from today.
The valley narrows 500 feet ahead.
This train stops at every station from Nakano on.
My birthday is a month from today. That is to say, April 5th.