Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese apartment, a child kneels at the beginning of a winding domino arrangement. One extended fingertip hovers a hair's breadth from the first piece, close enough that the slightest movement will start the fall.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

直ちょく前ぜん

chokuzen

just before

Example sentences

  1. 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。

    I always get nervous just before a match.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 生徒せいとたちは試験しけんの直前ちょくぜんになるまで本気ほんきになって勉強べんきょうしない。

    The students never really get with it till just before the exam.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 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。

    Bob was on the point of leaving when I rang him up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 直前

  • 直fix; repairOnチョク・ジキ・ジカKunただちに・なおす・なおる
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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