Illustration: A child walking a small dog along a neighborhood canal path has stopped immediately before a short pedestrian bridge. The bridge begins just beyond their toes and extends away across the water, making the near bank and far bank unmistakable.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

手て前まえ

temae

just before, this side of

Example sentences

  1. あの信号しんごうの手前てまえで降おろしてください。

    Please let me off on this side of that traffic light.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あの店みせは交差点こうさてんの手前てまえにある。

    That store is just in front of the intersection.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 脱衣所だついしょの手前てまえで男湯おとこゆと女湯おんなゆにわかれている。

    The bath facility has an entrance divided for men and women before the dressing room.

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

Kanji in 手前

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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