さき【先】
3 〔将来〕the future
これから先に
in the future/after this
今から5年先に
five years from now
一年先のことはわからない
We don't know what will happen a year 「from now [ahead].
彼女の外国留学もそう先の話ではない
She'll be going abroad to study 「in the near future [before long].
あの仕事の先は知れたものだ
That business has no future.
お先真っ暗だ
I have no hope for the future./The future looks grim.
この仕事の先は明るい
The outlook for this business is bright.
先が案じられる
I'm worried about what lies ahead.
先のあてが何もない
We have nothing to look forward to.
先の見えない連中
shortsighted people/people who can't read the future
父もあまり先が長くない
My father has only a short time to live./My father doesn't have much time left.