前

Meaning

前 centers on spatial or temporal priority: being in front or before something else. The two senses are natural extensions of the same idea of precedence.

• 前まえ
  N5

  in front (of); before (e.g. a building)

• 前ぜん
  N2

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

• お前おまえ
  N3

  you

• 名前なまえ
  N5

  name

• 以前いぜん
  N3

  before; prior to; ago

• 事前じぜん
  N2

  prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

• 前回ぜんかい
  N3

  previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

• 当たり前あたりまえ
  N3

  natural; reasonable; obvious

• 前後ぜんご
  N3

  front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth

• 午前ごぜん
  N5

  morning; a.m.

• 前半ぜんはん
  N3

  first half

• 前提ぜんてい
  N1

  condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis

• 直前ちょくぜん
  N2

  just before; just prior to

• 前日ぜんじつ
  N3

  previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

• 駅前えきまえ
  N4

  in front of a station

• 戦前せんぜん
  N1

  pre-war days; before the war

• 手前てまえ
  N2

  before oneself; in front of one; nearby

• 前年ぜんねん
  N1

  the preceding year; the previous year; last year

• 寸前すんぜん

  just before; on the verge of; on the brink of

• 人前ひとまえ
  N1

  presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

• 人前にんまえ

  portion of food

• 前向きまえむき
  N2

  front-facing

• 前者ぜんしゃ
  N3

  the former; the first

• 前進ぜんしん
  N3

  advance; moving forward; progress

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