前ぜん後ご
Meanings
Noun
1. front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
2. before and after
Adverb
Noun
Suffix
3. around; about; approximately
after a quantity, age, time, etc.
Noun
4. order; context
5. consequences
6. just when; around the time of
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
7. inversion; reversion; getting out of order
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
8. co-occurring; happening at the same time
as 前後して
Kanji used
in front of
after
Pitch accent
ぜ
んご
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Composed of
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
after
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
context (of a passage)
to lose one's common sense (e.g. in excitement or intoxication); to forget the situation one's in; to lose oneself (in something)
self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
without considering the consequences; recklessly; imprudently; going overboard
remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
subsequently; additionally
remedial measure; settlement (of matters); dealing with the aftermath
to and fro process; back and forth process; cooperative process; collaborative process
Examples (4 in total)
Swing your arm back and forth.
The lamp was swinging back and forth.
Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.