先(さき), 前(まえ), 先(さき), さき

saki

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no` noun, used as a suffix prefix
  • previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
  • point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
  • head (of a line); front
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名前(なまえ), 名(めい), なまえ

namae

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • name; full name
  • given name; first name

前(まえ), まえ

mae

JLPT 5

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi) suffix
  • ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
  • in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
  • head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
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以前(いぜん), 已前, いぜん

izen

JLPT 3

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
  • ago; since; before; previous

前進(ぜんしん), ぜんしん

zenshin

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • advance; drive; progress

お前(まえ), 御前(ごぜん), おまえ, おまい, おめえ

omae, omai, omē

JLPT 3

pronoun nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
  • presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

前者(ぜんしゃ), ぜんしゃ

zensha

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • the former

前後(ぜんご), ぜんご

zengo

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • front and rear; front and back; before and behind
  • before and after
  • order; context
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直前(ちょくぜん), ちょくぜん

chokuzen

JLPT 2

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
  • just before

当(あ)たり前(まえ), 当(あた)り前(まえ), あたり, 当(あた)り, あたりまえ

atarimae

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • natural; reasonable; obvious
  • usual; common; ordinary

手前(てまえ), てまえ

temae

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • before; this side
  • one's standpoint; one's appearance
pronoun nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • we
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前(まえ), ぜん

zen

JLPT 2

noun, used as a prefix
  • the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
  • (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern")
nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no` noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • before; earlier

前提(ぜんてい), ぜんてい

zentei

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given

前例(ぜんれい), ぜんれい

zenrei

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • precedent

建(た)て前(まえ), 建前(たてまえ), 立(た)て, 立(りつ), 点(た)て, 点前(てまえ), たてまえ, てまえ

tatemae, temae

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
  • ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
  • tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette

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