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前葉 (ぜんよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

前ぜん葉よう

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Meanings

1

noun

preceding page; previous page

Used in books, documents, or digital content to refer to the page immediately before the current one.

詳しょう細さいは前ぜん葉ようをご覧らんください。
Please see the preceding page for details.

2

noun

anterior pituitary; anterior lobe

anatomy

Anatomical term; often appears in compounds like 脳下垂体前葉 (anterior pituitary gland).

See also: 脳下垂体前葉

脳のう下か垂すい体たい前ぜん葉ようはホルモンを分ぶん泌ぴつする。
The anterior pituitary gland secretes hormones.

Kanji

前in front, before
葉leaf, plane, lobe

Etymology

Compound of 前 (before, front) and 葉 (leaf, lobe, page). The 'page' sense is a straightforward extension of 'front leaf' to 'preceding page'; the anatomical sense uses 葉 in the sense of 'lobe'.