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ぜんしゃ

Meanings

Noun

1. car in front; the car ahead; preceding car

Alt. forms

前ぜん車しゃ

Pitch accent

ぜ

んしゃ

Composed of

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

car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

ぜんしゃりん

front wheel

ぜんしゃのてつをふむ

to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts of a previous cart

ぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめ

learn wisdom from the follies of others; learn from others' mistakes; (lit.) the toppling over of the cart in front serves as a warning for the cart behind