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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

前ぜん

N1
ぜん zen
  1. before
noun suffix

Chinese meanings

前;上一

Examples

  • 前ぜん学がっ期きは成せい績せきがよかった。
    I had a good report last term.
    上学期成绩很好。
  • 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.
    田中前外相被撤职后的政治混乱就是其象征。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('21f2e9018e'); // 前
{
  "id": "21f2e9018e",
  "word": "前",
  "reading": "ぜん",
  "romaji": "zen",
  "meanings": [
    "before"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n-suf"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1392570,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "前学期は成績がよかった。",
      "furigana": "{前|ぜん}{学期|がっき}は{成績|せいせき}がよかった。",
      "en": "I had a good report last term.",
      "tatoeba_id": 140952
    },
    {
      "ja": "田中前外相の更迭に続く政治混乱がその象徴である。",
      "en": "The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75850
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "ba66efd17f34b7f23317d764bd5215ff7dd93b0cf8f62adcdd3dff86ceeed94b",
    "meanings": [
      "前",
      "上一"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "前学期は成績がよかった。",
        "zh": "上学期成绩很好。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "田中前外相の更迭に続く政治混乱がその象徴である。",
        "zh": "田中前外相被撤职后的政治混乱就是其象征。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/21f2e9018e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1392570; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b360c256f4cbc7b31fda408ac4b3ec4d443e00068d7072a8459d488905ad3d8f"
  }
}