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this is my first question and I want to thank in advance all the people
willing to help. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

**Context** : I am translating a song, and 道の先に (at the road's end), when I
try to translate word by word, saki ni(先に) means "Ahead of". Saki by itself
(先) is translated as "First".

**My Question** : What is the reason that a word meaning "First" becomes "End"
when used as a an adverb after a no(の) particle.

Is this one of those cases when "It just is" or is there a reason which is
important to understand?

Thank you very much, and I apologize if my question was silly.
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meaning relational-nouns
道の先に makes no sense for me
As for the meaning of 'ahead':. The destination of an object or action: the
destination It has the meaning of It's not the grammar, it's the meaning of
the words.

’先’の意味として：

・物や作用の向かう所：→行き着く目的地

という意味があります。 文法ではなく言葉の意味です。
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先 (saki) can also mean "destination" (行き先), "tip" 矢先, "front", 先に "before" or
"ahead".

Think of it as "ahead" or things that are in front of you, then the "end" of
an arrow can also be seen as the tip. As in English where you can say "the
wrong end" of a thing, which could also mean its tip or its butt depending on
which angle you're looking at it. So if it refers to something you do first,
you do it ahead of other things. If it refers to the "end" of something it
also refers to something that lies ahead.
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