水先人

すいさきにん

(boat) pilot

水先案内

みずさきあんない

pilotage, pilot

水先案内人

みずさきあんないにん

(boat) pilot

先先週

せんせんしゅう さきざきしゅう

week before last

先の先

せんのせん

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

先

さき せん

former, previous, old

先ず先ず

まずまず

tolerable, passable, adequate, so-so

行く先先

ゆくさきざき いくさきざき

everywhere, everywhere one goes, wherever one goes

先々の先

せんせんのせん

predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)

先入先出法

せんにゅうせんしゅつほう

FIFO

先様

さきさま

the other party

先君

せんくん

previous ruler, ancestors

先生

せんせい

teacher; master; doctor; sir; ma'am (a person with knowledge or in a leadership position, such as a lawyer, mentor, legislator, etc.)

肩先

かたさき

(top of) shoulder

先妣

せんぴ

one's late mother

先口

せんくち

previous preconception, previous engagement

真先

まさき

the head, the foremost, beginning, the very front

先高

さきだか

higher future quotations

先客

せんきゃく

the preceding visitor