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
Kanji used
in front of
Pitch accent
Top 6900
Used in vocabulary (190 in total)
antiquity; the previous era
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
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.
My uncle died of cancer two years ago.
The company's profit amounted to $250 million before tax.