先
| Level 4 vocabulary | ||
| 先 | (adj-no,n) the future/ priority/ precedence/ former/ previous/ old/ late | |
| 先生 | (n) teacher/ master/ doctor/ (P) | |
| Level 3 vocabulary | ||
| 先輩 | (n) senior (at work or school)/ superior/ elder/ older graduate/ progenitor/ old-timer/ (P) | |
| Level 2 vocabulary | ||
| お先に | (adv) (1) before/ previously/ (2) ahead | |
| 先程 | (n-adv,n-t) some time ago/ (P) | |
| 先日 | (n-adv,n-t) the other day/ a few days ago/ (P) | |
| 先先月 | (n-t) month before last/ (P) | |
| 先々週 | (n) week before last | |
| 先祖 | (n) ancestor/ (P) | |
| 先端 | (n) pointed end/ tip/ fine point/ spearhead/ cusp/ vanguard/ advanced/ leading edge/ (P) | |
| 先頭 | (n) head/ lead/ vanguard/ first/ (P) | |
| 祖先 | (n) ancestor/ (P) | |
| 先ず | (adv) first (of all)/ to start with/ about/ almost/ hardly (with neg. verb)/ anyway/ well/ now/ (P) | |
| 真っ先 | (n) the head/ the foremost/ beginning/ (P) | |
| Level 1 vocabulary | ||
| 先に | (adv,n) before/ earlier than/ ahead/ beyond/ away/ previously/ recently/ (P) | |
| 先行 | (n,vs) preceding/ going first | |
| 先代 | (n) family predecessor/ previous age/ previous generation | |
| 先だって | (n-adv,n-t) recently/ the other day/ (P) | |
| 先着 | (n) first arrival/ (P) | |
| 先天的 | (adj-na,n) a priori/ inborn/ innate/ inherent/ congenital/ hereditary/ (P) | |
| 勤め先 | (n) place of work/ (P) | |
| 優先 | (n,vs) preference/ priority/ (P) | |