事じ前ぜん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to something happening or being arranged before the relevant event or fact. Common in practical expressions such as 事前に確認する and 事前の予約.

事じ前ぜんに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in advance
事じ前ぜんに予よ約やくしておいた方ほうがいい。
It's better to make a reservation in advance.
事じ前ぜんの〈物もの〉prior ~; ~ made or done beforehand
このプロジェクトには事じ前ぜんの準じゅん備びが欠かかせない。
Prior preparation is essential for this project.
事じ前ぜんに〈事こと〉を確かく認にんするto check something in advance
契けい約やく内ない容ようを事じ前ぜんに確かく認にんしておいてください。
Please check the contract details in advance.
事じ前ぜんに〈人ひと〉に知しらせるto inform someone in advance
変へん更こうがあれば事じ前ぜんに社しゃ員いんに知しらせるべきだ。
If there are changes, employees should be informed beforehand.

前まえもってN2
前もって is a common adverb meaning beforehand, used only adverbially, whereas 事前 can also modify nouns as 事前の.
あらかじめN2
あらかじめ means beforehand with a nuance of prior preparation or arrangement, similar to 事前だが usually used adverbially rather than as 事前の with nouns.
未み然ぜんN1
事前 is the common, neutral word for 'beforehand' or 'in advance', while 未然 specifically implies stopping something bad from happening and appears mainly in set phrases like 未然に防ぐ.
プレ
事前 is a native Japanese noun/adverb meaning 'beforehand' used in formal writing, while プレ is a casual prefix attached mainly to loanword nouns.

事じ後ご
事前 means before an event happens, while 事後 means after it happens or after the fact.

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A Sino-Japanese compound of 事, meaning matter or event, and 前, meaning before; literally, the time or state before the matter.