Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “前”

前者

ぜんしゃ

the former; the first

Example sentence

He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

前
On
ぜん
Kun
まえ;-まえ
Stroke count
9

・in front

・before

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
者
On
しゃ
Kun
もの
Stroke count
8

・someone

・person

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Related words to 前者

49 related words

前後

ぜんご

→

front and rear;front and back;before and behind;back and forth

前方

ぜんぽう

→

ahead;forward;(in) front

前庭

ぜんてい

→

front garden;front yard

前例

ぜんれい

→

precedent

前進

ぜんしん

→

advance;moving forward;progress

前半戦

ぜんはんせん

→

first half of a game;first half of a match

前払い

まえばらい

→

payment in advance;advance payment;prepayment

前頭

まえがしら

→

rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

前触れ

まえぶれ

→

advance warning;previous notice;prior announcement

前夜

ぜんや

→

last night;the previous night

前代未聞

ぜんだいみもん

→

unheard-of;unprecedented;unparalleled in history (unparallelled);record-breaking

前衛

ぜんえい

→

advance guard;vanguard

前売り

まえうり

→

advance sale;booking

前期

ぜんき

→

first term;first half-year;preceding period;early period

前向き

まえむき

→

front-facing

前哨戦

ぜんしょうせん

→

(preliminary) skirmish

前兆

ぜんちょう

→

omen;portent;sign;presage;harbinger;premonition;precursor;foreboding;presentiment

前歴

ぜんれき

→

personal history

前々

まえまえ

→

a long time ago;long before now

前髪

まえがみ

→

forelock;bangs

前文

ぜんぶん

→

the above sentence;the foregoing remark

前身

ぜんしん

→

antecedents;ancestor;previous position;previous existence;predecessor organization;predecessor organisation

前提

ぜんてい

→

condition;assumption;prerequisite;hypothesis

前面

ぜんめん

→

front part;frontage;facade

前もって

まえもって

→

in advance;beforehand;previously;ahead of time

前途

ぜんと

→

future;prospects;outlook

前日

ぜんじつ

→

previous day;day before;eve;prior day;preceding day

前夜祭

ぜんやさい

→

event held the night before another event;eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

前部

ぜんぶ

→

front part;fore;front

前置き

まえおき

→

preface;introduction;preamble

前線

ぜんせん

→

(weather) front

前回

ぜんかい

→

previous time;last time;previous installment;previous instalment;previous session

前半

ぜんはん

→

first half

前年

ぜんねん

→

the preceding year;the previous year;last year

前倒し

まえだおし

→

moving forward (e.g. plans);acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule);front-loading

前記

ぜんき

→

aforesaid;above-mentioned;said;above

前週

ぜんしゅう

→

last week;the week before

前年度

ぜんねんど

→

preceding fiscal year

前夜

ぜんや

→

night before (Christmas, etc.);eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

前庭

ぜんてい

→

vestibule (of the ear)

前線

ぜんせん

→

front line;the front;battlefront;forward area

前衛

ぜんえい

→

avant-garde

前哨戦

ぜんしょうせん

→

prelude;preliminary encounter;warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

前向き

まえむき

→

forward-looking;positive;constructive

前方

ぜんぽう

→

having a square front

前面

ぜんめん

→

initial pledge (e.g. election);opening slogan

前途

ぜんと

→

journey ahead;distance yet to cover

前文

ぜんぶん

→

preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.)

前提

ぜんてい

→

intention;intent;aim;goal