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ぜん
Meanings
Noun
1. last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former
2. pre- (e.g. premodern)
before the name of an era
Suffix
3. before
after a noun
Adverb
Noun
Old-fashioned
4. before; earlier
Alt. forms
前ぜん
83%
ぜん
16%
Pitch accent
ぜ
ん
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Used in: 446
Used in vocabulary (185 in total)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
continued (from)
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Examples (5 in total)
I had an abortion two years ago.
He came to Japan two years ago.
She was a Smith before her marriage.
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