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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

前ぜん夜や

zen'ya

the previous night

Usually refers to the night before a specified event. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 八右衛門はちえもんが一日いちにちで引ひっ越こすのは、前夜ぜんやに幽霊ゆうれいを見みたためであるという。

    Hachiemon says that because he saw a ghost last night he has to move out although staying only one night.

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

  2. イベントの前夜ぜんやから、新宿しんじゅくのヒッピーが京都きょうとへ、西部講堂せいぶこうどうへとヒッチハイクで移動いどうしてきた。

    A hippie in Shinjuku hitchhiked to Kyoto, then to Seibu-Kodo Hall from the night before this event.

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

  3. 両軍りょうぐんは12日頃にちごろから円明寺川えんみょうじがわを挟はさんで対峙たいじし、その前夜ぜんやに高山隊たかやまたいが山崎やまざきの集落しゅうらくを占拠せんきょしていた。

    The two armies had faced each other across the Enmyoji River since around the 12th, and Takayama’s troops had occupied the Yamazaki settlement the previous night.

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

Kanji in 前夜

  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ
  • 夜night; eveningOnヤKunよ・よる

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