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すんぜん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
2. just in front of; just ahead of
Alt. forms
寸すん前ぜん
99%
すんぜん
Pitch accent
す
んぜん
Used in: 8
Composed of
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
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Examples (5 in total)
She was on the verge of killing herself.
The plane was about to take off.
She was nearly frozen to death in the snow.
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