Illustration: In a compact family dining room, dinner is fully served, with steam rising from soup bowls and every pair of chopsticks still resting beside an untouched plate. Through the open kitchen doorway, a child stands on a low stool washing both hands.

JLPT N2suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん

zen

before

Used after a noun, as in 食前. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 父ちちは夕ゆう食前しょくぜんに入浴にゅうよくする。

    My father takes a bath before supper.

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  2. 戦前せんぜん、ヨーロッパへ行いきました。

    I went to Europe before the war.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 試合しあいの直前ちょくぜんはいつも緊張きんちょうする。

    I always get nervous just before a match.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 前

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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