Illustration: On a wooden walkway beside a neighborhood pond, a child freezes as a dragonfly lands on the upright fingertip they are holding just in front of their face. The insect is at eye level, close enough for the child to study its legs without leaning forward.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

目もく前ぜん

mokuzen

before one’s eyes, close at hand

Example sentences

  1. 目前もくぜんに迫せまった試験しけんのことが彼女かのじょの心こころに大おおきく広ひろがった。

    The impending examination loomed large in her mind.

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  2. これが彼かれが生涯しょうがいでただ一度家臣いちどかしんたちの目前もくぜんで見みせた笑顔えがおであったという。

    It is said that this was the only time his retainers saw him smile in his lifetime.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. パウロ三木みきは死しを目前もくぜんにして群集ぐんしゅうに自分じぶんの信仰しんこうを語かたった。

    Paul MIKI told his own religious belief to the people when he was facing his own death.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 目前

  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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