Illustration: An adult sets up a well-used telescope on an apartment balcony as their parent brings out an old family photograph. The photograph shows the adult as a small child eagerly looking through that same telescope, recognizable by its dented tube and distinctive repair band.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前まえ々まえ

maemae

long before now

Usually appears as 前々から. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 前々まえまえから、アメフトは好すきです。

    I’ve always liked football.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 前々まえまえから、行いってみたいって思おもってたの。

    I always wanted to go there.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 先日せんじつ、学校がっこうからの帰かえりに古本屋ふるほんやに立たち寄よったところ、前々まえまえから探さがしていた本ほんを偶然見ぐうぜんみつけた。

    The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 前々

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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