お先さき

noun

ahead; before

Polite noun used when referring to going ahead of someone or doing something before others. Often used in set phrases like お先に.

• どうぞお先さきにお入はいりください。

  Please go ahead and enter.

• お先さきにどうぞ。

  After you.

noun

the future

Used in polite contexts to refer to what lies ahead or the future, often in contrast to the present.

• お先さきのことは誰だれにもわからない。

  No one knows what the future holds.

interjection, noun

pardon me for leaving first

Interjection used when leaving before others, typically in a workplace or social setting. Often part of the longer phrase お先に失礼します.

See also: お先に失礼します

• お先さきです。

  I'll be leaving now. (Excuse me for going first.)

• お先さきに失しつ礼れいします。

  Excuse me for leaving before you.