Illustration: At a pottery shop counter, a shopkeeper has presented two teapots in succession. The first, round and squat, already rests on its opened wrapping cloth near the customer. The shopkeeper is just lifting the wrapping from the second, a tall angular pot still supported in both hands.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん者しゃ

zensha

the former

Refers to the first of two things mentioned. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

いくつかの点てんで、前者ぜんしゃは後者こうしゃよりも劣おとっていると彼かれは指摘してきした。
He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
二ふたつのデザインのうちで後者こうしゃより前者ぜんしゃの方ほうが好すきだ。
Out of the two designs, I prefer the former to the latter.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ジョーンとジェーンは姉妹しまいです。前者ぜんしゃはピアニストです。
Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a pianist.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 前者

前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
者someone; personOnシャKunもの

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