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
- —前身Popularantecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
- —前線Popular(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront; forward area
- —前庭Popularfront garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
- —前日Popularprevious day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
- —前年Popularthe preceding year; the previous year; last year
- —前部Popularfront part; fore; front
- —前文Popularthe above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
- —前方Popularahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
- —前面Popularfront part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
- —前夜Popularlast night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
- —前略Populardispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
- —前歴Popularpersonal history
- —中前Popularfront of center field; front of centre field
- —目前Popularbefore one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
- —前半Popularfirst half
- —前兆Popularomen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition; precursor; foreboding; presentiment
- —門前Popularbefore the gate; in front of the gate
- —紀元前Popularpre-era; BC; BCE
- —午前中Popularin the morning; during the morning
- —最前線Popularfront line; forefront