ぜん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
1. prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
often as 事前に
Kanji used
occurence
in front of
Pitch accent
ぜん
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Composed of
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
advance reservation
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
Examples (6 in total)
Let's get things ready beforehand.
You'd better consult an attorney beforehand.
Applications in advance are not required.