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
path ahead; future
Formal or literary noun for the road or future lying ahead. Not used in everyday conversation.
Seeing this as the decisive moment, he summoned his last ounce of strength.
Looking ahead at the path before us, we carefully make our plans.
Compound of 先 (ahead, future) and 途 (way, path). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meanings 'path ahead' and 'critical juncture'.