前ぜん歴れき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

personal history; past record; antecedents

Refers to a person's background, especially in contexts like employment, criminal records, or prior experience. Often carries a formal or official tone.

採さい用ようの際さいには前ぜん歴れきを詳くわしく調しらべられる。
When hiring, they thoroughly check your personal history.
彼かれには犯はん罪ざいの前ぜん歴れきがある。
He has a criminal record.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に前ぜん歴れきがあるsomeone has a (prior) record
彼かれには前ぜん歴れきがあるらしい。
It seems he has a prior record.
前ぜん歴れきを隠かくすto hide one's past record
彼かの女じょは前ぜん歴れきを隠かくして就しゅう職しょくした。
She got a job while hiding her past record.
前ぜん歴れきを調しらべるto look into someone's past record
警けい察さつは男おとこの前ぜん歴れきを調しらべた。
The police looked into the man's past record.
前ぜん歴れきを明あきらかにするto disclose one's past record
面めん接せつでは前ぜん歴れきを明あきらかにする必ひつ要ようがある。
You need to disclose your past record at the interview.

Kanji

前in front, before
歴curriculum, continuation, passage of time

Related words

経けい歴れきN1
経歴 usually refers to a person's career or professional history, while 前歴 is broader and can cover any past record, including negative ones like criminal history.
履り歴れきN1
履歴 typically denotes a written or logged record (like a resume or computer log), whereas 前歴 refers to the actual past events themselves.
前ぜん科か
前科 specifically means a criminal conviction record, a narrower and more serious subset of what 前歴 can refer to.

Don't confuse with

前ぜん例れいN1
前例 (a precedent) and 前歴 (someone's past record or history) sound alike but refer to completely different things.

Etymology

Compound of 前 (previous) and 歴 (history, career). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of past record or background.