9 strokes

in front, before

Kunまえ、-まえ
Onゼン

Radicals

Common words

  • 午前ごぜん
    morning, a.m.
  • 前年ぜんねん
    the preceding year, the previous year, last year
  • 前提ぜんてい
    condition, assumption, prerequisite, hypothesis, intention, intent, aim, goal, premise (in logic)
  • 前回ぜんかい
    previous time, last time, previous installment, previous instalment, previous session
  • 以前いぜん
    before, prior to, ago, the past, before, previously, former times
  • 事前じぜん
    prior, beforehand, in advance, before the fact, ex ante
  • 戦前せんぜん
    pre-war days, before the war
  • 前期ぜんき
    first term, first half-year, preceding period, early period
  • 前向きまえむき
    front-facing, forward-looking, positive, constructive
  • 駅前えきまえ
    in front of a station
  • 前後ぜんご
    front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth, before and after, around, about, approximately, order, context, consequences, just when, around the time of, inversion, reversion, getting out of order, co-occurring, happening at the same time
  • 前進ぜんしん
    advance, moving forward, progress
  • 前夜ぜんや
    last night, the previous night, night before (Christmas, etc.), eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
  • 前例ぜんれい
    precedent
  • 前途ぜんと
    future, prospects, outlook, journey ahead, distance yet to cover
  • 前身ぜんしん
    antecedents, ancestor, previous position, previous existence, predecessor organization, predecessor organisation
  • 前衛ぜんえい
    advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde (e.g. music)
  • 前者ぜんしゃ
    the former
  • 前方ぜんぽう
    forward, frontward, ahead, rectangular front
  • 一人前いちにんまえ
    one portion, one serving, one person, adult, grown-up, person who has come of age, fully fledged, established, qualified