(せん) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move [EDICT]
(さき) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party; (P) [EDICT]
(xiān, ㄒㄧㄢ) early; prior; former; in advance; first [CE-DICT]
(yào, ㄧㄠˋ) important; vital; to want; to be going to; must [CE-DICT]
经
(jīng, ㄐㄧㄥ) classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; warp; longitude; abbr. for economics 經濟|经济; surname Jing [CE-DICT]
常
(えいきゅう(永久)(P);とこしえ(永久);とわ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (とわ tends to be more abstract) eternity; perpetuity; immortality; (2) (えいきゅう only) Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3); (P) [EDICT]
(dùn, ㄉㄨㄣˋ) stop; pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp; at once; classifier for meals, beating, tellings off etc: time, bout, spell, meal [CE-DICT]