ぜんご

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

    • 彼は首を前後に振りました。
      He shook his head back and forth.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    before and after

  3. noun, used as a suffix, noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adverb (fukushi)

    around, about, approximately
    after a quantity, age, time, etc.

    • 日本のODAは返済期間30年、利率2%前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。
      Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    order, context

    • 倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。
      Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    consequences

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    just when, around the time of

  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

    inversion, reversion, getting out of order

  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb

    co-occurring, happening at the same time
    as 前後して