How to say "preceding" in Japanese

• 右記うき
  nounCovers 'preceding' only in the narrow sense of a statement mentioned earlier in a document; its core meanings are 'aforementioned' and 'at right'. Less common, it is seldom the word you want for 'preceding' generally.
• 先行せんこうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveThe common word for the temporal sense: coming before, occurring first, or being ahead — as of the times. Choose it when 'preceding' describes something that goes before another in time or sequence.
  稲光いなびかりは雷かみなりの音おとに先行せんこうする。↗

  The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.

Use 先行 for the ordinary sense of coming or occurring before something in time or order; 右記 only labels a statement given earlier in a document (aforementioned, at right) and is less common.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 右記うきaforementioned (statement)
• 先行せんこうpreceding
• この前このまえlast (Sunday, summer, etc.)