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Keyword
in front of
  • in front
  • before
Frequency
#27
Strokes
9
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
309
Readings
ゼン56%
まえ44%
Mnemonic
The hunting lodge sentences poachers to cutting off a leg as punishment, carried out in front of the antlers on a wall so the dead stag can watch.
Stroke order
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
前さき
point; tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; first; before; ahead (of); (the way) ahead; …
Noun
前ぜん
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former; pre- (e.g. premodern); before
Prefix
前まえ
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front; frontal part; …
Noun
お前まえ
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
Pronoun
名な前まえ
name; given name; first name
Noun
午ご前ぜん
morning; a.m.
Noun
前ぜん年ねん
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
Noun
以い前ぜん
before; prior to; ago; the past; previously; former times
Suffix
前ぜん回かい
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
Noun
前ぜん提てい
condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis; intention; intent; aim; goal; premise
Noun
前ぜん日じつ
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
Noun
直ちょく前ぜん
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
Noun
前ぜん半はん
first half
Noun
事じ前ぜん
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
No-adjective
当あたり前まえ
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm
No-adjective
前ぜん後ご
front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth; before and after; around; about; approximately; order; context; …
Noun
前ぜん年ねん度ど
preceding fiscal year
Adverb
目めの前まえ
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
Expression
左ひだり前まえ
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; economic adversity; being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left; before and left
Noun
駅えき前まえ
in front of a station
Noun
戦せん前ぜん
pre-war days; before the war
Noun
前ぜん期き
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
Noun
前まえ向むき
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
Na-adjective
前ぜん進しん
advance; moving forward; progress
Noun