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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

直ちょく前ぜん

N2
ちょくぜん chokuzen
  1. just before
nounadverb

Chinese meanings

紧接之前;临近

Examples

  • 試し合あいの直ちょく前ぜんにはいつもあがっています。
    I always get nervous just before a match.
    比赛前我总是紧张。
  • 私わたしが電でん話わしたとき、ボブは出でかける直ちょく前ぜんだった。
    Bob was on the point of leaving when I rang him up.
    我打电话时,鲍勃正要出门。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e9022c75fe'); // 直前
{
  "id": "e9022c75fe",
  "word": "直前",
  "reading": "ちょくぜん",
  "romaji": "chokuzen",
  "meanings": [
    "just before"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1431330,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "試合の直前にはいつもあがっています。",
      "furigana": "{試合|しあい}の{直前|ちょくぜん}にはいつもあがっています。",
      "en": "I always get nervous just before a match.",
      "tatoeba_id": 151037
    },
    {
      "ja": "私が電話したとき、ボブは出かける直前だった。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}が{電話|でんわ}したとき、ボブは{出|で}かける{直前|ちょくぜん}だった。",
      "en": "Bob was on the point of leaving when I rang him up.",
      "tatoeba_id": 167548
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1c0ef07d97222c9c133b8bfb6e59c16913b8489fb49c0847e5322c33cd2102e5",
    "meanings": [
      "紧接之前",
      "临近"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "試合の直前にはいつもあがっています。",
        "zh": "比赛前我总是紧张。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私が電話したとき、ボブは出かける直前だった。",
        "zh": "我打电话时,鲍勃正要出门。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e9022c75fe",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1431330; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4003b822f68d6819a5cf169b2091c840f1ea4d37cc3176b0574216a1ac1e115b"
  }
}