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
Pitch accent
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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)
① これから進む道のり。② 将来。
front part; fore; front
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
① 前・面前の丁寧語。② 貴人・住職などの尊敬語。
before meals
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
one's previous name
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
before the gate; in front of the gate
just before
① 戦争の前。特に太平洋戦争の前。
before the spirit of the deceased
morning session (stock exchange); morning trading
front of center field; front of centre field
① 前日の夜。
① ある期間を二つまたは三つ、あるいはそれ以上に分けたときの最初またはそれに近い時期。二つに分けた場合は「前期」「後期」、三つに分けた場合は一般に「前期」「中期」「後期」、それ以上に分けた場合はたとえば「早期」「前期」「中期」「後期」「晩期」などとなる。② 一つ前の時期。昨期。先期。③ のちの時代から見ると古くなったもの。初期。早期。草創期。古典的。
previous remarks
① 立体物において、前方にある面。② ある基準から見て、前のほうに広がる領域。
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
previous generation; former ages
① 基準とした週の前の週。
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
① 二つに分けたうちの時間的に前の方の半分。
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
advance payment; money paid in advance
front gate
before one's eyes
① 二つのものに言及した際に、先に言及したもの。
precedent
① 基準の暦年より一つ前の年。
unprecedented; record-breaking
① 前の世紀。特に前置きがない場合は通常、今世紀の一つ前の世紀を指す。② 有史(歴史時代)以前。③ 時代に合わないこと。時代遅れな様。原始的な様。古臭いこと。
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
frontal lobe
where the wind blows
① 基準とした月の一つ前の月。② 先月。
frontal bone (of the skull)
previous mention; mentioning previously
previous line
antiquity; the previous era
① 目の前。
① 敵陣に最も近く、直接交戦する所。② 異なる気団の境界面が地表と交わる線。
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
① 死ぬ前。生きていた頃、生きているとき、往生より前。
① 目の前。
① ある出来事が起こる前触れ。
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
① 先に述べたこと。
① 最前に生えている歯。門歯。切歯。② 下駄の二対の歯のうち前にある方。
① 紀元元年より前であること。現在では一般に、西暦紀元を基準にしていう。また、年数や世紀を表す語の前に付けて用い、紀元元年の前の年を「紀元前1年」、その前の年を「紀元前2年」というように呼び、紀元前1年から紀元前100年までの100年を「紀元前1世紀」、その前の100年を「紀元前2世紀」というように呼ぶ。
① 前の列。
former king; late king
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
preliminary step; first step
front wheel
① 前にその任務に就いていたこと。また、その人。
① 神、神霊の前。
forward somersault; forward roll
the time before last
aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
① 今までの経歴。
① 前の妻。かつて妻としていた女性。
aforementioned; above-mentioned; given above; previous
front seat
prior chapter
preceding fiscal year
last position; previous job; predecessor
prelude; overture
① 手術をする前。
premarital; prenuptial
① 以前。これまで。
previous existence
in the face of the enemy; before the enemy
prelude; overture
before sunset
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.)
preceding clause; previous paragraph; antecedent (of a ratio)
front room; front parlor; lobby; anterior ventricle
previous volume
① 基準とした日の前の前の日。
preceding paragraph; first part
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
last night
① これまでの人。過去の人。
previous writing; first of two books; previous letter
① 有史以前の世界。
former opinion
① 前方に見える景色。② 絵や写真で主題となるものの前面に配置された景色。③ 観客に近い方に置かれた舞台装置。
front; forehead
preceding paragraph, section, or verse
front end
① 前に記述した事と同じである。
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
before use; pre-service; pre-operational
first half of one's life
(one) before last; two before; two in front (e.g. rows)
previous president (immediately preceding the incumbent); former president
premodern; feudalistic
in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer
anterograde amnesia
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
muzzle loading
(one's) previous marriage
ibid.; the above-mentioned publication
forehead
previous engagement; previous promise
prehistory
foreshock
former conduct
① 前回の便り。
front-line troops
foothills; first range of mountains
former post
car in front; the car ahead; preceding car
preceding issue
the first half-year; first half of the year
① 基準とした年の前の前の年。
preceding article or entry
prefrontal cortex
preconscious (psychoanalysis)
previous conviction
preprocessing; pretreatment
loan; advance
① 出産の前。
forebrain; prosencephalon
preceding page; anterior pituitary
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
anterior chamber (of the eyes)
town originally built around a Shinto shrine
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
premenstrual syndrome; PMS
(biochemical) precursor
presheaf; anterior layer
aforementioned; previous case; antecedent
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
plantain seed
porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway; ante-hall
anterior cingulate cortex
one's former post
former crown prince; the late crown prince
front wheel
one's former address
precancerous lesion
frontalis muscle
① 臼歯のうち、犬歯に近い歯。
one's previous doctor
prior to death; during one's lifetime
forward edge of the battle area
former men of wisdom and virtue
preregistration
rhinitis sicca anterior
subcritical nuclear experiment
anterior cingulate gyrus
preequilibrium process
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...
vestibular bulb; bulb of the vestibule
preimplantation death
prothoracic gland
precancerous state; premalignant state
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
premating isolation
superior frontal gyrus
inferior frontal gyrus
premenstrual dysphoric disorder; PMDD
appoggiatura
① 入学する前に行われる教育のこと。日本では幼稚園で実施される。幼児教育。幼年教育
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.