先（さき）— ahead; earlier
この 先 は 駅 です。
The station is up ahead.
先さき
ahead; earlier
さき
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Words
このkonothis
先saki(place) ahead
はwa(topic marker)
駅ekistation
ですdesu(polite sentence ending)
Kanji
先セン・
先 can point ahead in space or earlier in time. Here この先 means “up ahead.” You also see 先 in 先週, “last week.”
Coco-sensei