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Front E.G Ceremony Advance Private Tea Ago One's

Kanji
Onyomi ゼン
Kunyomi まえ、-まえ
Nanori さき, さと, まい
English in front, before
Examples 当り前(あたりまえ): (1) natural; reasonable; obvious (2) usual; common; ordinary
建て前(たてまえ): (1) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) (2) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house (3) tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette
午前(ごぜん): morning; a.m.
前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given
直前(ちょくぜん): just before
名前(なまえ): (1) name; full name (2) given name; first name
以前(いぜん): ago; since; before; previous
前後(ぜんご): (1) front and rear; front and back; before and behind (2) before and after (3) order; context (4) consequences (5) inversion; reversion; getting out of order (6) co-occurring (7) around; about; approximately; nearly
前進(ぜんしん): advance; drive; progress
手前(てまえ): (1) before; this side (2) one's standpoint; one's appearance (3) we (4) you
前例(ぜんれい): precedent
前途(ぜんと): future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead
前者(ぜんしゃ): the former
前売り(まえうり): advance sale; booking
腕前(うでまえ): ability; skill; facility
お前(おまえ): (1) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) (2) presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
事前(じぜん): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
前もって(まえもって): in advance; beforehand; previously
前置き(まえおき): preface; introduction
前(ぜん): (1) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern") (3) before; earlier
前(まえ): (1) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house) (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part (4) in the presence of (5) helping; portion (6) privates; private parts
真ん前(まんまえ): right in front; just opposite; under the nose
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 27
Components 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
月: month; moon
刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 18
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword in front
Koohii Story 1 When I get horny my flesh sword sticks out in front of me.
Koohii Story 2 If you stand in front of a bull´s horns, you are asking for your flesh to be cut (or butchered if you prefer).
RTK Index (new) 309

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions, kanji_time

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