前
N1ぜん zen
- before
noun suffix
Chinese meanings
前;上一
Examples
- 前学期は成績がよかった。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"
}
}