前
Meanings
Prefix
1. last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former
2. pre- (e.g. premodern) (before the name of an era)
Suffix
3. before (after a noun)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぜん
Used in vocabulary
前人未到
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
No-adjective
Examples4
前
I had a good report last term.
田中
The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.
ゼン
Zen's latest mission is to save the Earth from ecological destruction at the hands of a plant-destroying madman.
あの
Everyone is anxious to know what has become of the former champion.