ago; since; before; previous
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
antiquity; the previous era
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
advance; moving forward; progress
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
in the morning; during the morning
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
while alive; during one's lifetime
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
before the gate; in front of the gate
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
pre-war days; before the war
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
aforementioned; above-mentioned
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
precondition; prerequisite
advance payment; money paid in advance
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
former (incumbent); predecessor
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
unprecedented; record-breaking
preliminary step; first step
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion
before god; before an altar
last century; ancient times
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
forward somersault; forward roll
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
previous generation; former ages
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
first part; first volume; prequel
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
precarious situation; precarious state
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
aforementioned; above-mentioned; given above; previous
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
in the face of the enemy; before the enemy
last position; previous job; predecessor
preoperative (preparation, diagnosis, etc.)
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
preceding paragraph; first part
town originally built around a temple or shrine
first half of the game or match
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
last week; the week before
preceding clause; previous paragraph; antecedent (of a ratio)
front room; front parlor; lobby; anterior ventricle
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
above-mentioned; given above; previously shown
two days before; day before yesterday
predecessor; people of former times
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation
former husband; late husband
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road
previous writing; first of two books; previous letter
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
year on year; on the previous year
last month; previous month
preceding paragraph, section, or verse
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
vaginal vestibule; vulvar vestibule
past misdeed; past error; past folly; past sin
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
(in the work) cited; aforementioned work; op. cit. (opere citato, opus citatum)
same as above; ditto; ibid.
keyhole-shaped tumulus (form of ancient Imperial grave)
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
before use; pre-service; pre-operational
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)
(one) before last; two before; two in front (e.g. rows)
before the spirit of the deceased
funeral performed for somebody while they are alive; living funeral
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
morning session (stock exchange); morning trading
previous president (immediately preceding the incumbent); former president
one's previous life; previous existence
in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer
landing in the face of the enemy; opposed landing
(one's) previous marriage
anterior wall; front wall
prequel; retrospective (talk, etc.)
previous engagement; previous promise
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
Bizen ware (type of pottery)
one's previous letter; one's last letter
relic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded
ibid.; the above-mentioned publication
foothills; first range of mountains
car in front; the car ahead; preceding car
spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before
self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
the first half-year; first half of the year
prepayment; advance payment
Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods)
prior to death; during one's lifetime
prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting
having a very promising future; offering promising prospects
without considering the consequences; recklessly; imprudently; going overboard
preceding article or entry
to follow (copy after) a precedent
before one's birth; before one was born
preconscious (psychoanalysis)
compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger
frontal bone (of the skull)
preprocessing; pretreatment
preceding page; anterior pituitary
forebrain; prosencephalon
before and after childbirth
autumn rain front; fall rain front
advance training; prior training
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
prequel; retrospective talk; (a) retrospective
front; first line; spearhead
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
abdication of an emperor (before demise)
before the spirit of the deceased
anterior chamber (of the eyes)
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
advance payments; prepayment
town originally built around a Shinto shrine
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago
bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow
prodrome; premonitory symptom; advance symptom
premenstrual syndrome; PMS
to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)
enlargement of the prostate
prepublication censorship
month-to-month basis; month-over-month
past life therapy; past life regression
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings
prenuptial agreement; prenup
same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month
previous mention; mentioning previously
aforementioned; previous case; antecedent
compared to previous period; quarter-to-quarter basis; from the previous quarter
Tanzenburo (famous early Edo period bathhouse)
having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded (discovered, invented) by anyone before
advance warning; trigger warning
porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway; ante-hall
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects
underlying technology; technical premise; precursor technology
prenuptial agreement; prenup
anterior cingulate cortex
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
subsequently; additionally
former crown prince; the late crown prince
skirmish; prefinals (in games)
relative change from last year
inflammation of the prostate
learn wisdom from the follies of others; learn from others' mistakes; (lit.) the toppling over of the cart in front serves as a warning for the cart behind
Braxton-Hicks contractions; practice contractions; false labor pains
a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut of the preceding cart
(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
front of center field; front of centre field
words and deeds of the people of yore
left-hand match; begins-with match; matching a sub-string with the beginning of a field
accessory before the fact
prior probability distribution; prior distribution; prior
orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break)
advance purchase (e.g. fare)
period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform
advance report; advance notification
prior probability distribution
the journey before one; distance one has to travel
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
accessory before the fact
former men of wisdom and virtue
anterior capsule (ophthalmology)
skirmish; prefinal (in games)
advance reservation required
Diet session up to the creation of the budget
advance reservations not required
forward compatible; upward compatible
anterior pituitary; pars distalis; adenohypophysis
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
to and fro process; back and forth process; cooperative process; collaborative process
forward compatibility; upward compatibility
one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) tiger in front, wolf in the back
ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince
autumn foliage front; fall foliage front
forward handspring (gymnastics)
lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)
prothoracic gland hormone
advance purchase excursion fare; APEX fare
vestibular bulb; bulb of the vestibule
vestibular window; oval window; fenestra ovalis
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...
compound preposition; complex preposition; phrasal preposition
prefix notation; Polish notation; parenthesis-free notation; Lukasiewicz notation
previous specified element
precancerous state; premalignant state
forward arming and refueling point
forward edge of the battle area
prescribed in the preceding paragraph
foreground image; dynamic image
vestibular system; vestibular organs
compound preposition; complex preposition; phrasal preposition
autumn rain front; fall rain front
(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital
subcritical nuclear experiment
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
anterior cingulate cortex
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; (lit.) to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
premenstrual tension; PMT
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis); bunchberry dogwood; crackerberry