Illustration: At a small Japanese set-meal restaurant, a server carries three matching trays toward three waiting diners. Each tray contains a complete meal: grilled fish, a rice bowl, soup, and a small pickle dish.

JLPT N3counterLevel estimated by Bebop

人にん前まえ

ninmae

serving, portion

As a food counter, it follows a number; 人前 read ひとまえ means “in public.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは３人前にんまえ注文ちゅうもんした。

    He ordered three dinners.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 分量ぶんりょうはおおよそ4人前にんまえ。

    Each quantity is for about four people.

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

  3. たこ焼やき１人前にんまえって、何個なんこですか？

    How many takoyaki per person?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 人前

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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