予め
N1あらかじめ arakajime
- beforehand
- in advance
- previously
adverb
Chinese meanings
预先;事先
Examples
- 休暇の計画を予め立てている。We are making advance plans for our holidays.我提前制定假期计划。
- 私たちはあらかじめスナックを用意しておいた。We prepared snacks beforehand.我们事先准备了点心。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d91254a19e'); // 予め
{
"id": "d91254a19e",
"word": "予め",
"reading": "あらかじめ",
"romaji": "arakajime",
"meanings": [
"beforehand",
"in advance",
"previously"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1542860,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "休暇の計画を予め立てている。",
"furigana": "{休暇|きゅうか}の{計画|けいかく}を{予|あらかじ}め{立|た}てている。",
"en": "We are making advance plans for our holidays.",
"tatoeba_id": 75268
},
{
"ja": "私たちはあらかじめスナックを用意しておいた。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}たちはあらかじめスナックを{用意|ようい}しておいた。",
"en": "We prepared snacks beforehand.",
"tatoeba_id": 166624
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "aef7d1ebf2d0354511eefcf91f29c0b0e4c9c9b14b81adf9b4dd933ae9543885",
"meanings": [
"预先",
"事先"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "休暇の計画を予め立てている。",
"zh": "我提前制定假期计划。"
},
{
"ja": "私たちはあらかじめスナックを用意しておいた。",
"zh": "我们事先准备了点心。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/d91254a19e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1542860; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "b90f03d799b524a8916f23381209f447678e3e61d7a37aeed2e959f41403848b",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}