先せん途ど

noun

critical moment; decisive point

Almost always used in the set phrase ここを先途と (here is the critical moment), marking a do-or-die juncture. Rare outside this pattern.

See also: ここを先途と

• ここを先せん途どと、彼かれは最さい後ごの力ちからを振ふり絞しぼった。

  Seeing this as the decisive moment, he summoned his last ounce of strength.

noun

path ahead; future

Formal or literary noun for the road or future lying ahead. Not used in everyday conversation.

• 先せん途どを見み据すえて、慎しん重ちょうに計けい画かくを立たてる。

  Looking ahead at the path before us, we carefully make our plans.