先

lip service; mere words; professions

lips; mouth; snout; proboscis

head start; initiative; preemption

previous engagement; prior contract

place of employment

preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

distant future; inevitable future

places one goes to

inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary

Philosophy

a priori

starting in advance; starting first; going first; going ahead

Sports

starting (in team sports)

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

advanced; developed

seniority; senior; superior; elder

priority level; degree of relative priority

place of work

family a woman has married into

previous king; late king

ancient virtuous king

the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

in front of your nose; right next to you

tip of one's nose

address; destination

sign (of things to come)

good omen; good sign

Common noun

tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands

Common noun

cheap trick; superficial wit; superficial cleverness

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures); shortsighted; perfunctory; halfhearted

recently; the other day

one's destination; place where someone is going; place where someone has gone

source (of an object); origin

Abbreviation

branch office

advanced (developed) country; advanced nations

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

Military

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment

vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde; leader