前まえ

まえ mae

before

noun

Chinese meanings

前面；之前

Examples

外へ出る前に靴を磨きなさい。
Shine your shoes before going out.
出门之前把鞋擦亮。
Tatoeba #184856

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('319e218950'); // 前

{
  "id": "319e218950",
  "word": "前",
  "reading": "まえ",
  "romaji": "mae",
  "meanings": [
    "before"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1392580,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "外へ出る前に靴を磨きなさい。",
      "en": "Shine your shoes before going out.",
      "tatoeba_id": 184856
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "60f2ca00882007fb4f0ec9ef97e2008fdd70639ca68d389f3675cf813d1b4689",
    "meanings": [
      "前面；之前"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "外へ出る前に靴を磨きなさい。",
        "zh": "出门之前把鞋擦亮。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/319e218950",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "629436af0239ec1163fe4f2b28f31423f4608494634190b07a9d3e27f76ff262"
  }
}