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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

以い前ぜん

N3
いぜん izen
  1. ago
  2. since
  3. before
  4. previous
noun suffix

Chinese meanings

以前;之前

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょはもはや以い前ぜんの彼かの女じょではない。
    She is no longer what she used to be.
    她已经不是以前的她了。
  • 私わたしは今いまは以い前ぜんほどテニスをしない。
    I do not play tennis as much as I used to.
    我现在打网球不如以前多。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c42fa0cf5f'); // 以前
{
  "id": "c42fa0cf5f",
  "word": "以前",
  "reading": "いぜん",
  "romaji": "izen",
  "meanings": [
    "ago",
    "since",
    "before",
    "previous"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n-suf"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1155150,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女はもはや以前の彼女ではない。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はもはや{以前|いぜん}の{彼女|かのじょ}ではない。",
      "en": "She is no longer what she used to be.",
      "tatoeba_id": 91347
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は今は以前ほどテニスをしない。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{今|いま}は{以前|いぜん}ほどテニスをしない。",
      "en": "I do not play tennis as much as I used to.",
      "tatoeba_id": 157068
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6b0abf6da6ea99f7ed2366324e6514bc5ba57b8c8ac80b5a06dec7350d1a36e1",
    "meanings": [
      "以前",
      "之前"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女はもはや以前の彼女ではない。",
        "zh": "她已经不是以前的她了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は今は以前ほどテニスをしない。",
        "zh": "我现在打网球不如以前多。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/c42fa0cf5f",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1155150",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f500d23377b623076f4f96da0b29ee4bbe52580d65530cbf9ba451ee72575ffb"
  }
}