矢先

やさき

arrowhead, brunt, target

先に

さきに せんに

formerly

矢庭に

やにわに

suddenly, instantly

お先に

おさきに

before, previously

我先に

われさきに

self first, striving to be first, scrambling for

矢

や さ

arrow

矢面に立つ

やおもてにたつ

to bear the full brunt of

先に通す

さきにとおす

to let (a person) pass first

真っ先に

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

先に立つ

さきにたつ

to lead, to take the initiative

後にも先にも

あとにもさきにも

before or since, neither before nor after, no other time in one's life, stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

先生に就く

せんせいにつく

to study under (a teacher)

先頭に立つ

せんとうにたつ

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

後先になる

あとさきになる

to be inverted (of the order of something); to be reversed; to get mixed up; to become back to front

先に進める

さきにすすめる

to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue

先例に倣う

せんれいにならう

to follow precedent

甲矢

はや

arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)

矢柄

やがら

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)

鏑矢

かぶらや

arrow to which is attached a turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn, whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle