じぜん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
1. prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
often as 事前に
Pitch accent
ぜん
Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
advance preparations
advance reservation
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
Examples (6 in total)
Let's get things ready beforehand.
You'd better consult an attorney beforehand.
Applications in advance are not required.
Do you wash your hands before meals?
How much of this did you know beforehand?
I knew in advance what Tom was going to say.