前 – Vocabulary details

前ぜん

Meanings

Noun

1. last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former

2. pre- (e.g. premodern)

before the name of an era

Suffix

3. before

after a noun

Adverb

Noun

Old-fashioned

4. before; earlier

Alt. forms

Kanji used

前

in front of

Pitch accent

ぜ

ん

Used in: 1798

Used in vocabulary (190 in total)

直ちょく前ぜん

just before

前ぜん世せい

antiquity; the previous era

前ぜん後ご

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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Examples (5 in total)

２年ねん前ぜん中ちゅう絶ぜつしました。

I had an abortion two years ago.

彼かれは２年ねん前ぜん日に本ほんに来きました。

He came to Japan two years ago.

彼かの女じょは結けっ婚こん前ぜんスミス姓せいだった。

She was a Smith before her marriage.

私わたしの叔お父じは２年ねん前ぜんガンで死しんだ。

My uncle died of cancer two years ago.

その会かい社しゃの税ぜい引びき前ぜん利り益えきは２億おく５０００万まんドルだった。