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
- —前震foreshock
- —前席front seat
- —前婚(one's) previous marriage
- —前々(one) before last; two before; two in front (e.g. rows)
- —客前in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer
- —陸前Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
- —備前Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
- —肥前Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
- —羽前Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
- —前帝preceding emperor
- —前灯headlight (on a vehicle)
- —前頭front of the head
- —前縁leading edge (wing, propeller, etc.)
- —前知foreknowledge; foresight; precognition
- —爾前period before the Lotus Sutra was preached; prior; before; previous; something unripe or of inferior grade
- —前道front road; road in front (of a property)
- —前胃forestomach; anterior stomach; proventriculus
- —前社previous company (where one worked); previous employer; previous job
- —午前様coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
- —最前戦front; first line; spearhead