さき
Meanings
Adverb
1. previously; before; earlier; formerly; recently
2. first; before (something or someone else); ahead (of); earlier
3. beforehand; in advance; ahead of time
Kanji used
before (timewise)
Pitch accent
きに
きに
Top 400
Composed of
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to let (a person) pass first
to be inverted (of the order of something); to be reversed; to get mixed up; to become back to front
Examples (20 in total)
I will go on ahead.
I didn't want to go any further.
I got here before you.