Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 前言(ぜんげん) in Japanese

前言
Kana Reading
ぜんげん
Romaji
zengen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    previous remarks
    Example sentence
    その政治家は前言を取り消して公に謝罪するはめになった。 The politician had to take back his words and eat crow.

Examples of 前言, ぜんげん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

言 JLPT 5

7 strokes

say

On'Yomi: ゲン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: い.う, こと

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前 JLPT 5

9 strokes

in front, before

On'Yomi: ゼン

Kun'Yomi: まえ, -まえ

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