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前ぜん後ご

N2
ぜんご zengo
  1. around
  2. throughout
  3. front and back
  4. before and behind
  5. before and after
noun

Chinese meanings

前后;大约

Examples

  • 彼かれは首くびを前ぜん後ごに振ふりました。
    He shook his head back and forth.
    他前后摇头。
  • 倒とう置ち法ほうは言こと葉ばの前ぜん後ごを入いれ替かえることにより文ぶん章しょうを強きょう調ちょうする効こう果かがあります。
    Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
    倒装通过改变词语的前后顺序来强调句子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bf49440897'); // 前後
{
  "id": "bf49440897",
  "word": "前後",
  "reading": "ぜんご",
  "romaji": "zengo",
  "meanings": [
    "around",
    "throughout",
    "front and back",
    "before and behind",
    "before and after"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1392910,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は首を前後に振りました。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{首|くび}を{前後|ぜんご}に{振|ふ}りました。",
      "en": "He shook his head back and forth.",
      "tatoeba_id": 104421
    },
    {
      "ja": "倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。",
      "furigana": "{倒置法|とうちほう}は{言葉|ことば}の{前後|ぜんご}を{入|い}れ{替|か}えることにより{文章|ぶんしょう}を{強調|きょうちょう}する{効果|こうか}があります。",
      "en": "Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75093
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5b7f043eeb87abddc6bf97d40301628442bf9b0ba9192b88f482fdd0df0c62e8",
    "meanings": [
      "前后",
      "大约"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は首を前後に振りました。",
        "zh": "他前后摇头。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。",
        "zh": "倒装通过改变词语的前后顺序来强调句子。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/bf49440897",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1392910; 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": "b52f0dd677141351238a5e49c833105c1796b1c261ae8d5b82aa8121449b17c4"
  }
}