N259/1725

直ちょく前ぜん

nounnoun (generic)adverb

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ちょくぜん

Meanings

just before, just prior to
right in front of, just in front of

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Example sentences

試験しけんの直前ちょくぜんになって、急きゅうに不安ふあんになった。

Just before the exam, I suddenly became anxious.

出発しゅっぱつの直前ちょくぜんに忘わすれ物ものに気きづいた。

I realized I had forgotten something just before departure.

締しめ切きりの直前ちょくぜんまで原稿げんこうを書かき続つづけた。

I kept writing the manuscript until just before the deadline.

信号しんごうの直前ちょくぜんで車くるまが急きゅうブレーキをかけた。

The car slammed on the brakes just in front of the traffic light.

発表はっぴょうの直前ちょくぜんに資料しりょうに誤あやまりがあることが判明はんめいし、担当者たんとうしゃは慌あわてて修正しゅうせいを行おこなった。

Just before the presentation, it was discovered that there was an error in the materials, and the person in charge hurriedly made corrections.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)