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先々 (さきざき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

先さき々ざき

さ

き

ざ

き

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, adverb

distant future; what lies ahead

Refers to the future, often with a nuance of inevitability or things that will happen in due course. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

先さき々ざきのことを考かんがえて貯ちょ金きんする。
I save money thinking about the distant future.
この計けい画かくは先さき々ざき大おおきな成せい果

か

を

生う

む

だろう

。

This plan will probably produce great results in the long run.

2

noun, adverb

places one goes to; future destinations

Used for places one will visit or go to in the future, often in the context of travel or relocation. Less common than the temporal sense.

先さき々ざきでお世せ話わになった方かた々がたに感かん謝しゃしている。
I am grateful to the people who helped me at the various places I went.

Written forms

先さき々ざきUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling with iteration mark. High-frequency in news contexts.
さきざきUsage4%
先さき先ざきUsage1%
Alternative spelling without iteration mark; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

先before, ahead, previous

Similar words

将しょう来らい
将来 is the most common word for 'future', neutral and widely used. 先々 emphasizes a more distant or inevitable future, often with a nuance of 'sooner or later'.
先さき行ゆき
先行き also means 'future' or 'outlook', but is more often used in economic or situational forecasts. 先々 is broader and can refer to personal long-term future.

Etymology

Reduplication of 先 (さき, 'ahead, future') with rendaku voicing, yielding an emphatic or pluralized sense of 'the future ahead' or 'various places ahead'.