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一いっ寸すん先さき
Meanings
Noun
1. an inch ahead; the immediate future
Kanji used
一
one
寸
a few centimeters
先
before (timewise)
Pitch accent
い
っすんさき
い
っす
んさき
Used in: 153
Composed of
one sun (approx. 3.03 cm); little bit (of time, distance, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
Examples (1 in total)
The mist was so dense that I could not see even an inch ahead.