マエ
Meanings
Noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
Adjective (の)
Noun
3. (the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
Noun
4. forward; ahead
5. (in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
Adjective (の)
6. previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
Suffix
7. portion; helping
after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb
Noun
8. front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
9. privates; private parts
10. criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
① 人や動物などにつけるその個体に固有の標識。名。② 事物につける個体に固有の標識。③ その物又は事を他の事物と区別するため、言語を用い、概念を代表して標識としたもの。
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
① 物事を行う技術や能力。
① 注文を受けた店が直接客のもとに、主に料理などの商品を届けること。
① 朝の食事をする前。② 容易いこと。
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
① 自分に近い側。:こちら。② 目的の場所よりも少し前。:寸前。③ 一人称の一つ。茶の湯他、一般にも用いる、ややへりくだった表現。:自分、わたくし。④ 二人称の一つ。目下の人に対して使う高圧的な表現。:てめえ(転訛)、おまえ、貴様。⑤ 腕前、技量。特に茶の湯におけるもの。茶をたてる意味のときは「点前」と書くことが多い。:手並み、建て前。⑥ 対外的、社会的な体裁を取り繕わなければらない状況。
① 一人が一回の飲食で食べたり飲んだりするのに適切と考えられる量の食べ物や飲み物。それらを入れるのに適した食器。一人分の食べ物、飲み物、食器。② 積極的な助力がなくてもするべきことをできるような、成熟した技量や人格を持つ人間。一丁前。③ 年齢や肉体が大人あるいは大人と見なせるような人間。一丁前。
① すぐ前。② 極めて近い将来。
ahead; before; ago
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
① 駅の出入り口の近く。
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
generosity
presence (of a god, emperor, etc.)
covering private parts (esp. actors during filming); minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape); lined hakama that bulge in the front
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
one year ago
① 一人が一回の飲食で食べたり飲んだりするのに適切と考えられる量の食べ物や飲み物。それらを入れるのに適した食器。一人分の食べ物、飲み物、食器。② 積極的な助力がなくてもするべきことをできるような、成熟した技量や人格を持つ人間。一丁前。③ 年齢や肉体が大人あるいは大人と見なせるような人間。一丁前。
① 前・面前の丁寧語。② 貴人・住職などの尊敬語。
a few years ago; some years back
① 前以て知らせること。予告。② 何かが起こるしるし。前兆。
① ある事が行われる前に。
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
morning; forenoon; just before noon
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
front garden; front yard
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
share; portion; quota; cut
long ago; previous; of a former age
advance payment; money paid in advance
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
① 腕のうち、肘と手首との間の部分。
front wheel
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
advance celebration
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
a long time ago; long before now
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
front side; anterior
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
introductory remarks
front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)
way of speaking; profession
Tokyo style
① 相撲における幕内力士の階級で横綱と三役を除いたもの。十両より上、小結より下。平幕。
tea-ceremony procedures
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission
advance payment; advance delivery
double-breasted
front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
opening in front (clothing)
front (of a piece of traditional Japanese clothing)
previous week
before going out
advance sale; booking
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
front and back; before and behind; before and after
backwards
front part low
in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer
share; portion; quota
crest (of a helmet); plume; pompom; figurehead
previous existence
pitching forward (as if to fall); proactive; forward-looking; hasty (without sufficient preparation); rushed
portion of food
Matsumae pickles; dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together
the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono)
previous thread
dashboard; frontlet
former section (stanza)
excuse me (when passing in front of somebody)
supplement; addition
frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
company name with the "kabushiki kaisha" at the beginning
taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event
sandal or clog strap
advance publicity
et tu, Brute?; even you, Brutus?
① 取り分。わけまえ。
penultimate bout of the tournament day
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
premenstrual
single-breasted (jacket, etc.)
front matter (of a book); preliminaries
warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording); prologue; introduction
placket (clothing); facing
previously; some time ago
paying in advance
apron stage
open in front
upstage center (in a noh play)
fore edge (of a book)
et tu, Brute?; even you, Brutus?
focal point of a lens in front of the subject
one's share (in the expenses)
the year before the unlucky year
sword worn at one's side
front of a mawashi
battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position
payment in advance (by bank transfer)
stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus
stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus
paying upfront; upfront payment; prepayment
just before a war; day before a holiday; day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers
Examples (200 in total)
It happened before.
Don't stand in front of me.
I'll wait for you in front of the school.