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前ぜん
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%
Kanji used
前
in front of
Pitch accent
ぜ
ん
Top 6900
Used in: 1798
Used in vocabulary (190 in total)
just before
antiquity; the previous era
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
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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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