Prior

事前

jizen

(of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it)

優先する

yūsen suru

(coming before in importance, order, or time — see also earlier, former, previous)

先の

saki no

(coming before in importance, order, or time — see also earlier, former, previous)

先んずる

sakinzuru

(coming before in importance, order, or time — see also earlier, former, previous)