先さき々ざき

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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.

Usage patterns

先々さきざきのことを考かんがえるto think about what lies ahead in the future
まだ若わかいのに、先さき々ざきのことをよく考かんがえている。
Even though he's still young, he thinks carefully about the future.
先々さきざきに備そなえるto prepare for what will happen eventually
先さき々ざきに備そなえて、お金かねを貯ためておこう。
Let's save money to prepare for the future.
先々さきざきまで見通みとおすto see far ahead into the future
経けい験けんを積つむと、先さき々ざきまで見み通とおせるようになる。
With enough experience, you become able to see far into the future.

Expressions

行ゆく先さき々ざきeverywhere one goes; wherever one goes

Kanji

先before, ahead, previous

Related words

将しょう来らいN5sense 1
将来 is the everyday, neutral word for 'the future', while 先々 adds a nuance of distant or eventual inevitability.
先さき行ゆき sense 1
先行き is typically used for forecasts or outlooks (e.g. economic), whereas 先々 is broader and can describe one's personal long-term future.
行ゆく末すえ sense 1
行く末 has a literary, reflective tone often used for someone's fate or long-term destiny, while 先々 is more plainly about what will happen eventually.
未み来らいN3sense 1
未来 is the general abstract term for 'the future' used in any context, while 先々 carries a stronger sense of 'sooner or later, inevitably'.
後のち々のち
先々 refers to the distant future in a more general, forward-looking sense, while 後々 often carries a nuance of eventual results or trouble to come.

Opposites

過か去こN3sense 1
過去 means 'the past', the direct opposite of 先々's sense of 'the future that lies ahead'.

Don't confuse with

先さきほどN2sense 1
先程 shares the kanji 先 and sounds similar but means 'a while ago' (the recent past), the opposite time direction from 先々's 'the future ahead'.
行ゆく先さきN1sense 2
行く先 means 'one's destination' (a single place one is headed), while 先々 in its place-sense refers to multiple future destinations one will visit over time.

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.

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'.