前ぜん人じん

noun

predecessor; people of former times

Refers to people who lived or worked before the present generation; often used in contexts of achievements, records, or historical comparison.

• 前ぜん人じん未み到とうの記き録ろくを達たっ成せいした。

  He achieved an unprecedented record.

• この技ぎ術じゅつは前ぜん人じんたちの努ど力りょくの結けっ晶しょうだ。

  This technology is the fruit of our predecessors' efforts.