先々・先先|さきざきsakizaki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noun, adverbdistant future; inevitable future
2. noun, adverbplaces one goes to
   彼かれは出でかけた先々さきざきで歓迎かんげいされた。↗

   He was welcomed wherever he went.

• Synonym将来しょうらいNeutralCommon word for one's future in life, as in 「将来の夢」; 「先々」 stresses the distant road ahead.
• Related後々あとあとNeutralRefers to later on, stressing consequences that follow, as in 「後々困る」. 「先々」 is about the distant road ahead or the places one visits.
• Related今後こんごNeutralMeans hereafter; neutral, on the formal side, stressing the period from now, as in 「今後の予定」.
• Related未来みらいNeutralThe future as an abstract time concept, as in 「未来の社会」; grander in scale than 「先々」.
• Related以後いごWrittenWritten/formal word for the time after a given point, as in 「以後気をつけます」.
• Related先行きさきゆきNeutralRefers to how things will go, chiefly economic prospects, as in 「先行き不透明」.
• RelatedフューチャーNeutralLoanword for future, rarely used alone; mostly in brand and title names. In daily speech say 「将来」 or 「未来」.
• Related末々すえずえWrittenA literary term for the far distant future and for descendants; archaic written prose, stressing the remote ages to come.
• Relatedこの先このさきNeutralMeans from now on, and also the road farther ahead; common in speech, as in 「この先どうなるか」.
• Related後の世のちのよWrittenArchaic written word for later ages or the afterlife, stressing the world after death or of descendants.
• Related後来こうらいWrittenWritten and rare for hereafter; today 「今後」 is the usual choice.
• Antonym目先めさきNeutralAntonym: the here and now, set against the far-off view of 「先々」, as in 「目先の利益」.
• Antonym目前もくぜんNeutralDuplicate entry for 「目先」: the present and short term, as in 「目先のことばかり考える」; opposite of 「先々」 in near versus far.

Use 「先々」 for the distant road ahead or the places one goes, as in 「先々のことを考える」 and 「行く先々で」. For one's future in life say 「将来」; from now on, 「今後」 or 「この先」; economic prospects, 「先行き」; later on, 「後々」. Opposite: 「目先」.

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

1. 将来しょうらい。行く末ゆくすえ。前途ぜんと。
2. 行いった先さきどこでも。
3. 以前いぜん。過去かこ。