Illustration: Late in the evening in a Japanese apartment, a parent finishes preparing a birthday cake for the child's celebration after the coming night's sleep. The child is already asleep on a futon visible through the open adjoining doorway.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん日じつ

zenjitsu

the previous day, the day before

Example sentences

彼かれは前日ぜんじつに買かった時計とけいをなくした。
He lost the watch which he had bought the day before.
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前日ぜんじつの台風たいふうで木きが倒たおれていた。
The tree had been blown down by the typhoon of the day before.
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予約よやくの日ひに来これない場合ばあいは、前日ぜんじつまでに必かならず連絡れんらくしてください。
If you can’t come on the day of your appointment, be sure to let us know by the previous day.
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Kanji in 前日

前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ

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