ぜん

前

Common word

  1. noun, used as a prefix

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

    • 前学期は成績がよかった。
      I had a good report last term.
    • 田中前外相の更迭に続く政治混乱がその象徴である。
      The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.

  2. noun, used as a prefix

    pre- (e.g. premodern)
    before the name of an era

  3. noun, used as a suffix

    before
    after a noun

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adverb (fukushi)

    before, earlier
    dated term