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
- —備前焼きBizen ware (type of pottery)
- —風前の灯火precarious situation; precarious state
- —ご前を退くto withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)
- —ほふく前進crawling forward (on one's stomach)
- —前立腺ガンprostate cancer
- —前十字靭帯anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
- —門前市を成すto have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
- —門前市を為すto have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
- —風前のともし火precarious situation; precarious state
- —風前のともしびprecarious situation; precarious state
- —公判前整理手続きpretrial conference procedure; pretrial proceedings
- —臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
- —臨兵闘者皆陣烈在前may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)