前

Meanings

1. last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former

2. pre- (e.g. premodern)

3. before

4. Noun · Adverb

   before; earlier

Kanji in this word

• 前

Example sentences

• 前ぜん学期がっきは成績せいせきがよかった。

  I had a good report last term.

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• 田中前外相の更迭に続く政治混乱がその象徴である。

  The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.

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