事じ前ぜん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
1. prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
often as 事前に
I had known that much beforehand.
Kanji used
occurence
in front of
Pitch accent
じ
ぜん
Top 2500
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 (28 in total)
advance reservation
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting
advance notification
advance training; prior training
prepublication censorship
pre-election campaigning
advance warning; trigger warning
subsequently; additionally
pre-payment; advance payment
prior probability distribution; prior distribution; prior
advance purchase (e.g. fare)
advance report; advance notification
accessory before the fact
preventive measures to reduce damage from a disaster; anticipatory disaster preparation
Examples (15 in total)
I had known that much beforehand.
Let's get things ready beforehand.
I registered my personal information in advance.