前ぜん期き

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈時とき〉を前ぜん期きと後こう期きに分わけるto divide (a period) into a first term and a second term

  学がく年ねん度どを前ぜん期きと後こう期きに分わける。

  The school year is divided into a first term and a second term.

• 前ぜん期きに比くらべて〈数かず〉compared to the previous term/period, (some change)

  前ぜん期きに比くらべて売うり上あげが10％増ふえた。

  Sales increased 10% compared to the previous period.

• 前ぜん期き末まつに〈事こと〉at the end of the first term/period, (something happens)

  前ぜん期き末まつに試し験けんがある。

  There is an exam at the end of the first term.