ぜんしゃ – Vocabulary details

ぜんしゃ

Noun

1. the former

ぜ

んしゃ

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

ジョーンとジェーンは姉し妹まいです。ぜんしゃはピアニストです。

Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a pianist.

いくつかの点てんで、ぜんしゃは後こう者しゃよりも劣おとっていると彼かれは指し摘てきした。

He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.

ぜんしゃの選せん択たく肢しを支し持じしている人ひとが多おおいが、私わたしは後こう者しゃのほうが好すきだ。

Many support the former alternative, but I prefer the latter.

健けん康こうは富とみにまさる。なぜならぜんしゃは後こう者しゃより大だい事じなことだから。

Health is above wealth, for the former is more important than the latter.

魚さかなと肉にくはともに栄えい養ようがあるが、後こう者しゃのほうがぜんしゃより値ね段だんが高たかい。

Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.

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