Kanji: 前

    • Meaning : "in front",before
    • ON reading : ゼン
    • KUN reading : まえ,-まえ
    • Nanori : さき,さと,まい
    • Stroke count : 9
    • Frequency of use ranking : 27
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical : 刀(刂)

Words containing that kanji:


  • | - おまえ | おまい | おめえ - you (masc) (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) | presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
  • さん | さん - おまえさん - you | my dear | hey
  • るはめ - ぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめ - Learn wisdom from the follies of others
  • - だいじのまえのしょうじ - Lose a fly to catch a trout/small sacrifice in a great cause
  • のめり - まえのめり - pitching forward, as if to fall.
  • - きじつまえとうひょう - early voting
  • | - すみてまえ - charcoal setting (at a tea ceremony)
  • - こんぜん - premarital/prenuptial
  • - こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみ - Between the devil and the deep sea
  • - ぜんだんかい - preliminary step/first step
  • - こんぜんけいやくしょ - prenuptial agreement
  • - ぜんきんだいてき - premodern/feudalistic
  • - なまえかいけつ - name resolution
  • - なまえけつごう - name association
  • - なまえじくぐん - name token group
  • - なまえかいせき - name resolution
  • - なまえしていじったいさんしょう - named entity reference
  • - なまえしゅうごう - name set
  • - はんようなまえつけきそく - Universal Naming Convention
  • - ぶんさんなまえかいせき - distributed name resolution
  • - こんぜんけいやく - prenuptial agreement
  • コンテキスト - なまえコンテキスト - naming context
  • - なまえぐん - name group
  • - なまえじく - name token
  • - なまえもじ - name character
  • - ぶんだんぜんぶ - orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break)
  • による - なまえによるだいにゅう - assignment by name
  • - なまえかいしもじ - name start character
  • - なまえしていもじさんしょう - named character reference
  • - なまえつきていすう - named constant
  • - ちょくぜんしていようそ - previous specified element
  • - ぜんぽうすいろん - forward reasoning (AI)
  • - おおもじなまえもじ - upper-case name characters
  • - こもじなまえかいしもじ - lower-case name start characters
  • - まえむきすいろん - forward reasoning
  • - ぜんちひょうきほう - prefix notation/Polish notation/parenthesis-free notation/Lukasiewicz notation
  • - ぜんぽうたん - leading edge
  • - ぜんけいがぞう - foreground image/dynamic image
  • プロセッサ - ぜんちプロセッサ - front end processor
  • パス - まえおきパスめい - path prefix
  • - ぜんぽうさんしょう - forward reference
  • - おおもじなまえかいしもじ - upper-case name start characters
  • データ - じぜんきろくデータばいたい - recorded data medium
  • - ぜんしんかいふく - forward recovery
  • - ぜんぽうきょうかいめん - front plane
  • - じぜんじょうけん - precondition
  • - こもじなまえもじ - lower-case name characters
  • - じぜんきろくばいたい - recorded (data) medium
  • | - いぜん - ago/since/before/previous
  • に - いぜんに - ago/since/before/previously
  • り - いんじぜんぎょうおくり - before space
  • になる - いちにんまえになる - to come of age/to become an adult/to become fully qualified/to stand on one's own
  • | まえ - いちにんまえ | ひとりまえ - adult/full manhood or womanhood | one helping/one portion
  • - ひとむかしまえ - long ago/previous/of a former age
  • - いっぽぜんしん - (a) step forward
  • - えきまえ - in front of station
  • り - えきまえどおり - street in front of station
  • に - なつまえに - before summer
  • | - わりまえかんじょう - each paying for his own account/sharing the expenses/Dutch treat
  • い | のよい | のいい - きまえのいい | きまえのよい - lavish/profuse
  • - きまえ - generosity
  • - きげんぜん - pre-era/BC/BCE
  • き - なまえつき - named/labelled/labeled
  • - くうぜんぜつご - (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
  • - ぜんしゅつ - aforementioned/discussed above/former/previous
  • - くうぜん - unprecedented/record-breaking
  • - ぜんていぎじゅつ - underlying technology/technical premise/precursor technology
  • きパイプ - なまえつきパイプ - named pipe
  • - げっけいまえ - premenstrual
  • - ごぜんさま - person of high rank/nobleman | wife of a nobleman
  • - ごぜんちゅう - this morning/in the morning/throughout the morning
  • - ごぜんさま - coming home after midnight/person who comes home after midnight
  • | オオバコ - オオバコか | おおばこか - Plantaginaceae (the plantain family)
  • - ごぜん - morning/a.m.
  • - しゃぜんし - plantain seed
  • 寿 - えどまえずし - type of nigirizushi
  • - くちまえ - way of speaking/profession
  • - ぜんさい - ex-wife/former wife/previous wife
  • い | がよい | がいい - きまえがいい | きまえがよい - lavish/profuse
  • - ぐんぜんちし - group preposition
  • - ふくごうぜんちし - complex preposition
  • - ひだりまえ - downward course/being badly off/wearing a kimono with the right side tucked under the left
  • - ぜんかん - Former Han (dynasty of China)
  • | - しょうさいふぐ | ショウサイフグ - Takifugu snyderi (species of pufferfish)
  • - びぜんやき - Bizen ware (type of pottery)
  • になる - ひだりまえになる - to go downhill/to be badly off
  • - さいぜん - foremost
  • - さいぜんせん - front/first line/spearhead
  • - さいぜんせん - foremost line
  • - ゆうしいぜん - prehistory
  • - ぜんそう - presheaf/anterior layer
  • - じぜんのどうい - prior consent
  • - じぜんご - subsequently/additionally
  • - じぜん - prior/beforehand/in advance
  • - じぜんけんえつ - prepublication censorship
  • - じぜんひづけ - antedating
  • - じぜんにひつよう - prerequisite
  • - じぜんけんしゅう - advance training/prior training
  • - じぜんわりあて - prearranged quota
  • - じぜんつうほう - advance report/advance notification
  • - もちまえ - one's nature/characteristic
  • - ぜんいしき - preconsciousness
  • - ぜんくたい - (biochemical) precursor
  • - じまえ - taking care one's responsibilities by oneself/one's own efforts/one's own expense | going into business for oneself (selling one's own products)/entrepreneur of such a business
  • - ぜんきちゅうとうきょういく - lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)
  • - ぜんねんひ - year on year/on the previous year
  • - てまえのほう - this side/in the forefront
  • - おんまえ - word used after an addressee's name in a formal letter
  • - てまえみそ - self-flattery/sing one's own praises
  • - てまえ - before/this side | one's standpoint/one's appearance | we | you
  • - しゅうしんぜん - before retiring
  • | - みさき | おんさき - leader of a nobleman's cavalcade | animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)
  • - おまえがた - you (plural)
  • - だしまえ - one's share (in the expenses)
  • | この - このまえ - some time ago/recently/lately | last (Sunday, etc.)/previous
  • - でるまえ - before going out
  • - でまえ - catering/meal delivery service
  • ち - でまえもち - boy who delivers cooked food
  • - ぜんしんてきろんしょう - progressive probation
  • - しょうぜん - continued (from)
  • - しゅうりんぜんせん - autumn rain front/fall rain front
  • くなる - めのまえがくらくなる - to lose hope
  • - じぜんじゅうはんにん - accessory before the fact
  • い - よあけまえがいちばんくらい - it's always darkest before the dawn/the darkest hour is just before the dawn
  • - じょうまえ - lock
  • - しょくぜん - before meals
  • さま | | おさま - おまえさま - you
  • - じぜんじゅうはん - accessory before the fact
  • - うわまえ - part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) | percentage/commission
  • まん | - まんまえ - right in front/just opposite/under the nose
  • で - ひとまえで - in public/in company
  • - ぜんとうきん - frontalis muscle
  • になる | がまっくらになる - めのまえがまっくらになる - to lose hope | to be plunged into darkness
  • | ども - てまえども - we (esp. used by merchants, etc.)/my store/my shop
  • では - ひとまえでは - in front of people
  • り - じょうまえやぶり - breaking a lock/picking a lock
  • - ぜんがんじょうたい - precancerous state/premalignant state
  • カノ - まえカノ - former girlfriend
  • - にんげんいぜん - prehuman
  • - ひとまえ - the public/company
  • - にんまえ - portion of food
  • - すんぜん - on the verge/just in front of
  • - じぜんつうち - advance notification
  • - ぜんせいりょうほう - past life therapy/past life regression
  • - せいぜん - while alive/during one's lifetime
  • - ぜいびきまえとうきりえき - income before taxes/gross income
  • - せんぜん - pre-war days
  • | - さき - previous/prior/former/some time ago/preceding | point (e.g. pencil)/tip/end/nozzle | head (of a line)/front | ahead/the other side | the future/hereafter | destination | the other party
  • - せんとうぜんしょう - combat outpost
  • べたように - まえにのべたように - as discussed previously/as mentioned above
  • がり - まえさがり - front part low
  • き - まえびらき - open in front
  • - まえかんじょう - paying in advance
  • - ぜんぎ - (sexual) foreplay
  • - ぜんくつ - bend forward
  • - ぜんけい - foreground/front view
  • - ぜんげん - previous remarks
  • - ぜんごさゆう - in all directions
  • き - まえむき - facing forward/front-facing/positive
  • - ぜんごう - preceding issue
  • - ぜんさい - relishes/hors d'oeuvres/smorgasbord
  • - ぜんしゃ - the former
  • り - まえがり - advance (in pay)/loan
  • い - まえいわい - celebration anticipation
  • き - まえがき - preface/preamble/prolog
  • - ぜんしょうせん - skirmish/prefinals (in games)
  • ホルモン - のうかすいたいぜんようホルモン - adenohypophyseal hormone
  • - ぜんしょう - prior chapter
  • - ぜんしん - preliminary trials
  • - ぜんしんきち - advance base
  • ホルモン - ぜんきょうせんホルモン - prothoracic gland hormone
  • - ぜんじん - predecessor/former people
  • - ぜんせかい - prehistoric age
  • - ぜんせつ - preceding paragraph, section, or verse
  • - ぜんそうきょく - prelude/overture
  • - ぜんだい - previous generation/former ages
  • らせ - まえじらせ - previous notice/omen/signs/premonition
  • - ぜんちょ - ibid./the above-mentioned publication
  • - ぜんていじょうけん - precondition/prerequisite
  • - まえわたしきん - advance payments/prepayment
  • - まえがしら - rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division
  • - ぜんにんしゃ - predecessor
  • - ぜんのう - prepayment/advance payment
  • - ぜんはんせん | ぜんぱんせん - first half of the game or match
  • - ぜんぴょう - omen/portent/sign/premonition/harbinger
  • - ぜんぶ - front part/fore/front
  • - まえかた - previously/some time ago
  • - ぜんぼう - former crown prince/the late crown prince
  • - ぜんや - last night/the previous night
  • 輿 - さきごし - front palanquin carrier
  • - ぜんりゃく - first part omitted/salutation of brief letter
  • - ぜんし - fore-wing (of insect)
  • - ぜんぱんぜんしょう - general outpost
  • - せんとうじんちのぜんえん - forward edge of the battle area
  • - ぜん - before/ago/former/previous/one-time/the above
  • - まえのよ - previous existence
  • - ぜんか - previous conviction/criminal record/previous offense/previous offence
  • - ぜんがく - forehead
  • - ぜんかん - one's former post
  • い - まえきんばらい | ぜんきんばらい - payment in advance
  • み - まえかがみ - slouch
  • - まえげいき - prospect/promise/outlook
  • - ぜんこ - old times/ancient days
  • - ぜんごふかく - unconsciousness/having no recollection of one's actions
  • - ぜんぎょう - previous line
  • - ぜんざ - opening performance | minor performer
  • - ぜんざん - foothills/first range of mountains
  • - ぜんしゃ - the car ahead/front wheel
  • - ぜんしゃっきん - loan/advance
  • - ぜんじゅつ - aforementioned/above-mentioned
  • - ぜんしょう - outpost
  • - ぜんしょうせん - scouting line
  • - ぜんば - morning market session/morning trading session
  • - ぜんしん - antecedents/ancestor/previous position/previous existence/predecessor organization/predecessor organisation
  • - ぜんしんじく - axis of advance
  • れ | - まえだれ - apron
  • - ぜんせいき - last century/ancient times
  • - ぜんせつ - former opinion
  • - ぜんそう - muzzle loading
  • - ぜんだいみもん - unheard-of/unprecedented/unparalleled in history (unparallelled)/record-breaking
  • - ぜんち - preface/introduction
  • - ぜんちん - the above-mentioned
  • - ぜんてつ - former men of wisdom and virtue
  • - ぜんとうろく - preregistration
  • - ぜんとうぶ - front/forehead
  • - ぜんにんち - former post
  • - ぜんのう - forebrain/prosencephalon
  • - まえいた - dashboard/frontlet
  • | - ぜんぷ | せんぷ - former husband/late husband
  • - ぜんぶん - preamble/the above statement
  • - ぜんぽうこうえんふん - keyhole-shaped tumulus (form of ancient Imperial grave)
  • - ぜんめい - one's previous name
  • - ぜんやさい - the eve (of festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
  • - ぜんよう - preceding page | anterior pituitary
  • - ぜんれい - precedent
  • - ぜんぱく - forearm
  • に - まえに - ahead/before/ago
  • - ぜんえいせん - skirmish/prefinals (in games)
  • - ぜんかい - last time/last installment/last instalment/last session
  • け - まえかけ - apron
  • - ぜんき - aforesaid/above-mentioned/said/above
  • - ぜんくせん - skirmish/prefinal (in games)
  • - ぜんけい - above-named
  • - ぜんけん - wise men of the past
  • ろ - まえうしろ - front and back/before and behind/before and after
  • - まえこうじょう - introductory remarks
  • - ぜんこう - preceding paragraph
  • - せんざいもの - greens/vegetables
  • - ぜんしじだい - prehistoric period
  • - ぜんしゃく - getting an advance/loan
  • - ぜんしゅう - last week/the week before
  • - ぜんしょ - previous writing/first of two books/previous letter
  • - ぜんしょうきんむ - outpost duty
  • - ぜんしょうとう - headlights
  • れ - まえぶれ - previous notice/herald/harbinger/portent
  • - ぜんしんうんどう - forward motion
  • - ぜんしんりょく - driving power
  • - ぜんせい - antiquity/the previous era
  • - ぜんしょう - previous existence
  • - ぜんそう - prelude/overture
  • し - まえがし - advance payment
  • - ぜんだん - preceding paragraph/first part
  • - ぜんちし - preposition
  • - ぜんてい - preamble/premise/reason/prerequisite/condition/assumption/hypothesis
  • し - まえわたし - advance payment/advance delivery
  • - ぜんとゆうぼう - promising future
  • - ぜんにん - former (official)
  • - ぜんねんど - preceding fiscal year
  • - ぜんぱんき - the first half-year/first half of the year
  • - まえはなお - sandal or clog strap
  • - まえぶたい - apron stage
  • - ぜんぽう - forward/frontward
  • - ぜんぽうふちゅうい - you're not watching where you're going!
  • - ぜんもん - front gate
  • - ぜんやく - previous engagement/previous promise
  • - ぜんりつせん - prostate gland
  • - ぜんれつ - front row
  • - ぜんぱんぜんしょうせん - general outpost line
  • - まえ - ago/before (some event)/previously/(minutes) to (the hour) | in front (of)/before (e.g. the house) | head (of a line)/front (e.g. of a bus)/fore part | in the presence of | helping/portion | privates/private parts
  • - ぜんえい - advance guard/vanguard
  • - ぜんかしゃ | ぜんかもの - former convict/old offender/ex-convict/person with a criminal record
  • - ぜんがくぶ - forehead/frontal
  • - ぜんき - first term/first half-year/preceding period/early period
  • - ぜんく | せんぐ | ぜんぐ - outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade)/outriding | harbinger/herald/precursor/forerunner/foretoken | anticipation
  • - ぜんぐん - front-line troops
  • - ぜんけん - aforementioned/previous case | antecedent
  • - ぜんご - around/throughout/front and back/before and behind/before and after/about that (time)/longitudinal/context/nearly/approximately
  • となる - ぜんごふかくとなる - to lose one's consciousness
  • - ぜんこう - former conduct
  • - せんざい - garden/trees and flowers in a garden
  • - ぜんし - prehistory
  • - ぜんしゃじく - front axle
  • - まえうけしゅうえき - deferred income
  • り - ぜんじゅつのとおり - as above/as mentioned (described, stated) above
  • - ぜんしょうきへい - outpost cavalry
  • - ぜんしょうち - outpost
  • - ぜんじょう - preceding article or entry
  • - ぜんしん - advance/drive/progress
  • - ぜんしんぶたい - advance troops
  • - ぜんせ - previous existence
  • - ぜんせせいぞん - pre-existence
  • - ぜんせん - front line/(weather) front
  • - ぜんそうほう - muzzle loader
  • - ぜんたん - front end
  • き - まえおき - preface/introduction
  • - ぜんてい - front garden/front yard | vestibule (of the ear)
  • - ぜんでん - the last telegram
  • - ぜんと - future prospects/outlook/the journey ahead
  • - ぜんじつ | まえび - previous day/the day before
  • - ぜんねん - the preceding year/the previous year/last year
  • - まえがみ - forelock/bangs
  • - ぜんぴ - past folly/past sin
  • | - ぜんぷ | せんぷ - previous wife/late wife
  • 便 - ぜんびん - one's last letter
  • - ぜんぽうさいほきゅうてん - forward arming and refueling point
  • - ぜんめん - front part/frontage/facade | initial pledge (e.g. election)/opening slogan
  • - まえやく - the year before a critical age
  • て - まえだて - plume/crest
  • - ぜんれき - personal history
  • - ぜんしょう - precedent
  • ける | をつける - なまえをつける - to name
  • - ぜんせいせつ - preformation (theory)
  • - えきまえりゅうがく - attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)
  • ホルモン - ぜんようホルモン - adenohypophyseal hormone
  • - ぜんきょうせん - prothoracic gland
  • - たじゅうなまえくうかん - multiple namespace
  • ブルータスおもか - ブルータスおまえもか - Et tu, Brutus?/And you too, Brutus?
  • - たんぜん - large padded kimono
  • - したまえ - part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono)
  • - おとこまえ - handsome man
  • - ちゅうぜん - front of center field/front of centre field
  • - ひるまえ - forenoon/just before noon
  • - あさめしまえ - trivial matter/cinch to do/easy as pie/it's a piece of cake
  • - ちょくぜん - just before
  • - てきぜん - in the presence of the enemy
  • - ちゃくしょうぜんしぼう - preimplantation death
  • - てきぜんとうぼう - deserting under enemy fire
  • - じぜんぶんせき - ex-ante analysis
  • - えちぜんくらげ - Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
  • ピン - まえピン | マエピン - focal point of a lens in front of the subject
  • - ぜんていかぎゅうしんけい - vestibulocochlear nerve
  • - さんぜんさんご - before and after childbirth
  • - かたなのてまえ - samurai's face
  • たり | あたり | - あたりまえ - natural/reasonable/obvious | usual/common/ordinary
  • - ぜんていきゅう - vestibular bulb (aggregation of erectile tissue within the clitoris)
  • - ぜんていしんけい - vestibular nerve
  • - どうぜん - same as above/ditto/ibid.
  • - てまえじょうぎ - self-serving logic
  • き - まえさばき - (sumo) battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position
  • - じまえしゅぎ - (principle of) self-sufficiency
  • - きたまえぶね - cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period
  • み - まえふりこみ - payment in advance (by bank transfer)
  • - ぜんとうこつ - frontal bone (of the skull)
  • - はんにんまえ - half share/half a man
  • - いたまえ - chef/cook
  • り - まえふり - preface/introduction | lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question)/lead up | payment in advance (by bank transfer)
  • - まえみつ - front of a mawashi
  • む - ぜんしゃのてつをふむ - to repeat the mistake of somebody/to make the same mistake as that of ...
  • む - ぜんてつをふむ - to repeat the mistake of somebody/to make the same mistake as that of ...
  • - したのなまえ - first name/given name
  • け - なまえまけ - failing to live up to one's name/being beaten by one's name
  • - たらずまえ - deficit/shortage
  • - ぜんりつせんがん - prostate cancer
  • - ぜんえいてき - avant-garde
  • - ぶつぜん - before the Buddha or a mortuary tablet
  • わぬむ - もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ - expression meaning that you learn, without realising it, from what is around you/a saint's maid quotes Latin/lit: the young monk before the gate can read sutra without studying them
  • - ごぶつぜん - before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet | offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
  • - ぜんげんおうこう - words and deeds of the people of yore
  • - ぜんかん - previous volume
  • - なまえ - name/full name | given name/first name
  • - なまえくうかん - namespace
  • としをつける - おとしまえをつける - to pay the debt
  • - たてまえしゅぎ - tokenism/appearance for appearance's sake
  • に - めのまえに - before one's eyes
  • せる - なまえをはせる - to win fame/to make a name for oneself
  • - めんぜん - presence
  • - やくまえ - the year before the unlucky year
  • - もくぜん - before one's very eyes/under one's nose/imminence/close at hand
  • - やぜん - last night
  • - りんぴょうとうしゃかいじんれつざいぜん - nine cuts mudra (mudra: hand posture which forms a part of Hindu prayer)/exorcism-purification spell
  • - うでまえ - ability/skill/facility
  • - まえがわ - front side/anterior
  • さん - いたまえさん - cook/chef
  • ねる | をはねる - うわまえをはねる - to take a commission/to take a cut/to take a piece of the action/to take a kickback
  • - たいぜんねんひ - relative change from last year
  • - まえきん | ぜんきん - advance payment
  • - ぜんりん | まえわ - front wheel
  • - ぜんへいこうかてい - preequilibrium process (nuclear physics)
  • - ぜんし | まえば - front tooth
  • | | - まえあし | ぜんし | ぜんきゃく - forefoot/forefeet/foreleg/forelimb
  • - ぜんわん | まえうで - forearm
  • - ぜんはん | ぜんぱん - first half
  • - ふたりまえ | ににんまえ - for two people/(work) of two/(meals) for two
  • - てめえ - you (used by young males) | oneself
  • ほふく | - ほふくぜんしん - crawling along
  • | - ぜんじんみとう - untrodden (region, field of study, etc.)/unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
  • | - ぜんちょう - omen/portent/sign/premonition/harbinger
  • | | | | | - たてまえ | てまえ - face/official stance/public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) | ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house | tea ceremony procedures/tea ceremony etiquette
  • - ぜんちたいばん - placenta previa
  • | - ぜんぜんかい - the time before last/last time but one
  • - ぜんたいじょうかい - anterior cingulate gyrus
  • 々 | - まえまえ - beforehand/for a long time
  • | - ぜんぺん - first part/first volume
  • り | - まえうり - advance sale/booking
  • て | もって - まえもって - in advance/beforehand/previously
  • - ぜんしょく - last position/previous job
  • | - まえうりけん - ticket sold in advance
  • - ぜんたいじょうかいひしつ - anterior cingulate cortex
  • - まえびろ - previous/beforehand
  • | - わりまえ - share/portion/quota
  • | い - まえばらい - payment in advance/prepayment
  • | - わけまえ - share/portion/quota/cut
  • - まえかぶ - company name with the "kabushiki kaisha" at the beginning
  • - だいぜんてい - major premise/principle
  • - ほうかいすんぜん - on the brink of collapse/in a state of near-collapse
  • - いちねんまえ - one year ago
  • れ - まえわれ - open in front
  • - じゅうぜん - previous/former
  • - ごぜん | ごぜ | みまえ - presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.) | outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade) | My Lord/My Lady
  • - ぜんえいげいじゅつ - avant-garde art
  • - ぜんごむじゅん - self-contradiction/self-inconsistency
  • - ぜんじんみはつ - unprecedented/unheard-of/never propounded (discovered, invented) by anyone before
  • - ぜんちょうげんしょう - precursor/premonitory phenomena/telltale signs/advance warnings
  • けさ - あらしのまえのしずけさ - calm before a storm
  • - じぜんこうさく - preparatory operations/measure taken in advance/doing the groundwork
  • - ぜんごかんけい - the context (of a passage)
  • - ぜんごどうちゃく - self-contradiction/self-inconsistency
  • - ぜんていばんり - a bright (rosy) future awaiting one/having the world before one
  • - ぜんとたぼう - promsing (rosy, bright) future/offering promising prospects
  • - もんぜんせいし - having a constant stream of visitors/being thronged with callers
  • - ぜんてん - forward somersault/forward roll
  • - がしすんぜん - being on the verge of starvation/being about to starve
  • - ぜつめつすんぜん - the point (edge, verge, brink) of extinction
  • - ぜんここうろう - one calamity followed close on the heels of another (lit: keeping at bay a tiger at the front gate, while a wolf appears at the back)/out of the frying pan into the fire
  • - ぜんじだいてき - premodern/old-fashioned/outmoded/antiquated
  • - ぜんとゆうい - having a very promising future/offering promising prospects
  • - でまえこうし - lecturer on demand/guest speaker on demand
  • | ご - ごれいぜん - "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)
  • | ほど - まえほど - to the previous extent
  • ずっとに - ずっとまえに - a long time ago
  • - しじょうくうぜん - unprecedented in history/unheard-of/epoch-making
  • - ぜんかんれいぐう - (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
  • - もんぜんまち | もんぜんちょう - town originally built around a temple or shrine
  • - しょうぜんてい - minor premise
  • - さいぜんれつ - front row
  • - ごぜんじあい - game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
  • - ぜんとうよう - frontal lobe
  • | 々 - ぜんとようよう - with a rosy future/offering promising prospects
  • - ぜんとたなん - having many difficulties in store/grim prospects
  • びの - むすびのまえ - penultimate bout of the tournament day (sumo)
  • - えどまえ - Tokyo style
  • - もんぜんじゃくら - (a house) looking deserted with few visitors
  • - じんぜんけっこんしき - nonreligious wedding ceremony/civil wedding ceremony
  • - ぼぜん - in front of a grave
  • - かたまえ - single-breasted (jacket, etc.)
  • - まえがしらじょうい - ten highest ranked maegashira wrestlers certain to wrestle against san'yaku ranks (sumo)
  • - うしろまえ - backwards
  • かり - ごぜんがかり - ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince (sumo)
  • - てまえがって - self-centered/self-centred/selfish
  • - ぜんのう - former king/late king
  • | - ごぜんかいぎ - Imperial Council
  • - ぜんさく - previous work/preceding work
  • - あいぜんご - going one after another/in succession/in tandem
  • - まえがしらひっとう - two highest ranked maegashira wrestlers (sumo)
  • - たしまえ - supplement/addition
  • - ぜんげつ - last month/previous month
  • - じぜんよくせい - prior restraint
  • - かんれいぜんせん - a cold front
  • | - とりまえ - a share or portion
  • - げんぜん - before one's eyes
  • - ぜいびきせんそんしつ - pretax loss
  • - ぜんせんぶたい - frontline troops
  • - もんぜん - before a gate
  • - いっちょうまえ - becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society
  • - りんかいぜんかくじっけん - subcritical nuclear experiment
  • - にちぼつぜん - before sunset
  • い - もんぜんばらい - turning another away at the gate or front door/refusing to receive a caller
  • - ぜいびきせんしゅうえき - pretax profit
  • がん - ぜんがんびょうへん - precancerous lesion
  • - あきさめぜんせん - autumn rain front/fall rain front
  • - まえのしゅう - previous week
  • - かんたいぜんせん - polar front
  • - ちくぜんに - chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
  • ジェット - かんたいぜんせんジェットきりゅう - polar front jet stream
  • - さんぜん - prior to childbirth
  • - れいぜん - before the spirit of the deceased
  • - きょくぜんせん - polar front
  • - しんぜん - before god/before an altar
  • - しんぜんけっこん - Shinto wedding
  • とし | - おとしまえ - money paid to settle a fight
  • - かざんぜんせん - volcanic front
  • - さしまえ - sword worn at one's side
  • - ばいうぜんせん - seasonal rain front
  • - かんそうせいぜんびえん - rhinitis sicca anterior
  • - ていたいぜんせん - stationary weather front
  • - じょうまえや - locksmith
  • - おんだんぜんせん - a warm front
  • - さくらぜんせん - cherry blossom front
  • - ぜんてつ - wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
  • - がんぜん - before one's eyes
  • - めのまえ - before one's eyes/immediate/imminent
  • - せんぜんは - prewar generation
  • - ほまえせん - sailboat/sailing boat
  • - りょうまえ - double-breasted
  • | | - おおばこ | おんばこ | おばこ | しゃぜんそう | オオバコ - plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
  • - じぜんきょうぎ - prior consultation
  • - じぜんうんどう - pre-election campaigning
  • - まえせんでん - advance publicity
  • - ぜんえいびじゅつ - avant-garde art
  • - ぜんせいきのいぶつ - extremely outmoded
  • - まえみごろ - front (of a piece of traditional Japanese clothing)
  • - ぜんくしょうじょう - prodome/premonitory symptom/advance symptom
  • - しょくぜんしゅ - aperitif
  • - ぜんきしけん - midyear examinations
  • け - まえづけ - preliminaries
  • - まえずもう - preliminary sumo bouts with unranked wrestlers/unranked sumo wrestlers
  • - ぜんりんくどう - front-wheel drive
  • | | お - おてまえ - skill/dexterity/artistry/ingenuity | etiquette of tea-ceremony
  • 姿 - ぜんけいしせい - forward-bent posture
  • - ぜんはんせい - first half of one's life
  • - ぜんりつせんえん - inflammation of the prostate
  • - ぜんとりょうえん - goal/destination
  • - ぜんりつせんひだいしょう - enlargement of the prostate
  • し - まえだおし - acceleration (of payment schedule)
  • - ぜんえいは - the avant-garde
  • - ふうぜん - where the wind blows
  • のともしび | | のともし | - ふうぜんのともしび - precarious situation/precarious state
  • - えきまえひろば - station square (plaza)
  • - こんぜんこうしょう - premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
  • - ぜんけい - forward inclination (tilt)
  • - ていぜん - garden
  • じる - しんぜんにまいをほうじる - to dedicate a dance to a god
  • 退く | ご退く - ごぜんをのく - to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)
  • う - しんぜんにちかう - to pledge before God
  • - ぜんしんかく - angle of advance
  • - ぜんだいとうりょう - former president
  • - まえのせつ - former section (stanza)
  • らわしい - まぎらわしいなまえ - confusing (misleading) name
  • け - まつまえずけ - Matsumae pickles
  • - ぜんじゅうしょ - one's former address
  • す - まえをかくす - to cover one's private parts
  • - ぜんしゃりん - front wheel
  • す - ぜんせつをひるがえす - to change one's former opinion
  • う - ぜんれいにならう - to follow (copy after) a precedent
  • った - まえにかったぶん - the lot I bought earlier