先に

先に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先
さき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	曩に

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​きに [sáꜜkìnì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠kʲiɲ̟i]

Adverb

先(さき)に • (saki ni) 

1. previously, before

   先(さき)にお見(み)せした商品(しょうひん)は是(これ)です

   sakini omiseshita shōhin wa kore desu

   This is the product I showed you previously

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN