Kanji1 / 9
前 kanji
in front, before
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゼン
Kun readings
まえ-まえ
Words with 前
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —前任地former post
- —前半期the first half-year; first half of the year
- —前立腺prostate (gland)
- —前々回the time before last
- —御霊前before the spirit of the deceased
- —門前町town originally built around a temple or shrine
- —小前提minor premise
- —前頭葉frontal lobe
- —極前線polar front
- —桜前線cherry blossom front
- —戦前派prewar generation
- —前半生first half of one's life
- —前衛派the avant-garde
- —食前酒aperitif
- —前車輪front wheel
- —前進角angle of advance
- —前住所one's former address
- —筑前煮chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
- —前衛的avant-garde
- —御仏前before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet