先

the future; future prospects

head start; initiative; preemption

previous engagement; prior contract

preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

distant future; inevitable future

places one goes to

the other day; some time ago; recently

to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)

to have foresight; to be able to see the future

to worry about the future

inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary

Philosophy

a priori

to take the initiative

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

Sports

starting (in team sports)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun

ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation

Adverb (fukushi)

for generations; from generation to generation

victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

advanced; developed

seniority; senior; superior; elder

previous king; late king

ancient virtuous king

the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

delay; putting off; procrastination

recently; the other day

one's seniors and juniors

seniority-based hierarchy

end; tip; point

advanced (developed) country; advanced nations

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others

anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times)

Computing

prefetch

Linguistics

anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit

former years; formerly; a few years ago