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前ぜん者しゃ

N3
ぜんしゃ zensha
  1. the former
noun

Chinese meanings

前者

Examples

  • 前ぜん者しゃより後こう者しゃの方ほうがいい。
    The former is better than the latter.
    后者比前者好。
  • 前ぜん者しゃが解かい決けつすれば後こう者しゃも解かい決けつするであろう。
    The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.
    前者解决了,后者也会解决吧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ec83c27906'); // 前者
{
  "id": "ec83c27906",
  "word": "前者",
  "reading": "ぜんしゃ",
  "romaji": "zensha",
  "meanings": [
    "the former"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1393090,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "前者より後者の方がいい。",
      "furigana": "{前者|ぜんしゃ}より{後者|こうしゃ}の{方|ほう}がいい。",
      "en": "The former is better than the latter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 140943
    },
    {
      "ja": "前者が解決すれば後者も解決するであろう。",
      "furigana": "{前者|ぜんしゃ}が{解決|かいけつ}すれば{後者|こうしゃ}も{解決|かいけつ}するであろう。",
      "en": "The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.",
      "tatoeba_id": 140945
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "81d197ff25e5c83d382ca5698ac940aa76736f2ee0eb92a38999c4bc014babd1",
    "meanings": [
      "前者"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "前者より後者の方がいい。",
        "zh": "后者比前者好。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "前者が解決すれば後者も解決するであろう。",
        "zh": "前者解决了,后者也会解决吧。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/ec83c27906",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1393090; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "3d74bfa6c46421e24682cd157566dadd596be3e88efdcb9a4151fa620552992b",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}