生せい前ぜん

noun, adverb

while alive; during one's lifetime

Refers to the time when a now-deceased person was still alive. Often used adverbially as 生前、 or attributively as 生前の.

• 祖そ父ふは生せい前ぜん、よくこの店みせに来きていた。

  While he was alive, my grandfather often came to this shop.

• 生せい前ぜんの彼