Place where something is done with 〜先
As a suffix, 先 names the place or party connected to an action, as in 行き先 (destination) or 勤め先 (workplace).
Further Reading
- Kanji4Day ★先= さき= saki suffix (facebook.com)
Examples
Place of lodging with 〜先
Vocabulary Explanation: Place where something is done with 〜先
Since Cocoa helps out at Chino’s house where she’s saying, she considers the situation if she were instead staying with Chiya.
- ココア:
- 「私の下宿先が千夜ちゃんの家 だったらここでお手伝い させてもらったんだろうなー」
- “If my lodging place were Chiya-chan's house, I probably would've been allowed to help out here.”
Place of part-time job with 〜先
Vocabulary Explanation: Place where something is done with 〜先
Syaro explain the qualities of a shop’s tea cup, but Rize points out that her workplace primarily sells coffee.
- シャロ:
- 「リゼ先輩のバイト先行ってみたかったのに…」
- “I wanted to try going to Rize-senpai's part-time workplace...”
- ココア:
- 「もしかしてコーヒー苦手?」
- “Do you not like coffee?”
Staying with relatives with 〜先
Vocabulary Explanation: Place where something is done with 〜先
Makoto introduces Chinatsu and Kei to Anzu while the group is meeting one another.
- 真琴:
- 「こっちの二人は居候先の親戚で千夏ちゃんと圭くんです」
- “These two are the relatives I'm staying with, Chinatsu-chan and Kei-kun.”
- 千夏:
- 「こんにちはっ!」
- “Hello!”
- 圭くん:
- 「どうも」
- “Hi.”
- 杏子:
- 「椎名杏子です よろしく」
- “I'm Shiina Anzu. Nice to meet you.”