前者
N3ぜんしゃ zensha
- the former
noun
Chinese meanings
前者
Examples
- 前者より後者の方がいい。The former is better than the latter.后者比前者好。
- 前者が解決すれば後者も解決するであろう。The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.前者解决了,后者也会解决吧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ec83c27906'); // 前者
{
"id": "ec83c27906",
"word": "前者",
"reading": "ぜんしゃ",
"romaji": "zensha",
"meanings": [
"the former"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1393090,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "前者より後者の方がいい。",
"furigana": "{前者|ぜんしゃ}より{後者|こうしゃ}の{方|ほう}がいい。",
"en": "The former is better than the latter.",
"tatoeba_id": 140943
},
{
"ja": "前者が解決すれば後者も解決するであろう。",
"furigana": "{前者|ぜんしゃ}が{解決|かいけつ}すれば{後者|こうしゃ}も{解決|かいけつ}するであろう。",
"en": "The solution of one may prove to be the solution of the other.",
"tatoeba_id": 140945
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "81d197ff25e5c83d382ca5698ac940aa76736f2ee0eb92a38999c4bc014babd1",
"meanings": [
"前者"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "前者より後者の方がいい。",
"zh": "后者比前者好。"
},
{
"ja": "前者が解決すれば後者も解決するであろう。",
"zh": "前者解决了,后者也会解决吧。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/ec83c27906",
"JMdict ent_seq 1393090; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "3d74bfa6c46421e24682cd157566dadd596be3e88efdcb9a4151fa620552992b",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}