• 前ぜん

  last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former

• 前まえ

  in front (of), before (e.g. a building)

• 前例ぜんれい

  precedent

• 前半ぜんはん

  first half

• 前部ぜんぶ

  front part, fore, front

• 前髪まえがみ

  forelock, bangs

• 前者ぜんしゃ

  the former, the first

• 前歴ぜんれき

  personal history

• 前週ぜんしゅう

  last week, the week before

• 前々まえまえ

  a long time ago, long before now

• 前記ぜんき

  aforesaid, above-mentioned, said, above

• 前年ぜんねん

  the preceding year, the previous year, last year

• 前進ぜんしん

  advance, moving forward, progress

• 前方ぜんぽう

  ahead, forward, (in) front

• 前日ぜんじつ

  previous day, day before, eve, prior day, preceding day

• 前衛ぜんえい

  advance guard, vanguard

• 前庭ぜんてい

  front garden, front yard

• 前回ぜんかい

  previous time, last time, previous installment, previous instalment, previous session

• 前期ぜんき

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

• 前線ぜんせん

  (weather) front

• 前頭まえがしら

  rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

• 前略ぜんりゃく

  dispensing with the preliminaries ...

• 前途ぜんと

  future, prospects, outlook

• 前提ぜんてい

  condition, assumption, prerequisite, hypothesis

• 前面ぜんめん

  front part, frontage, facade

• 前身ぜんしん

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

• 前夜ぜんや

  last night, the previous night

• 前兆ぜんちょう

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

• 前文ぜんぶん

  the above sentence, the foregoing remark

• 前後ぜんご

  front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth

• 直前ちょくぜん

  just before, just prior to

• 空前くうぜん

  unprecedented, record-breaking

• 名前なまえ

  name

• 左前ひだりまえ

  wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)

• 以前いぜん

  before, prior to, ago

• 男前おとこまえ

  handsome man, man's looks, good looks

• 昼前ひるまえ

  morning, forenoon

• 目前もくぜん

  before one's very eyes, under one's nose, imminence, close at hand

• 気前きまえ

  generosity

• 事前じぜん

  prior, beforehand, in advance, before the fact, ex ante

• 出前でまえ

  home delivery (of food), outside catering

• 戦前せんぜん

  pre-war days, before the war

• 手前てまえ

  before oneself, in front of one, nearby

• お前おまえ

  you

• 自前じまえ

  paying one's own expenses

• 人前にんまえ

  portion of food

• 午前ごぜん

  morning, a.m.

• 人前ひとまえ

  presence of other people, (in) public, (in) front of others

• 寸前すんぜん

  just before, on the verge of, on the brink of

• 駅前えきまえ

  in front of a station