以前
N3いぜん izen
- ago
- since
- before
- previous
noun suffix
Chinese meanings
以前;之前
Examples
- 彼女はもはや以前の彼女ではない。She is no longer what she used to be.她已经不是以前的她了。
- 私は今は以前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"
}
}