Illustration: On a quiet Japanese riverside cycle path, a parent has stopped a bicycle with a child seated behind them. Both face along the path, and the child stretches an arm past the parent's shoulder toward a duck family crossing several meters ahead of the front wheel.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん方ぽう

zenpou

ahead, in front

Example sentences

  1. 前方ぜんぽうに赤あかい車くるまが見みえる。

    I see a red car ahead.

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  2. 私わたしたちの前方ぜんぽうに城しろが見みえた。

    We saw a castle ahead of us.

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  3. 前方ぜんぽうにあるあのサインが読よめますか。

    Can you read that sign ahead of us?

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Kanji in 前方

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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