Japanese word

前

まえ

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Part of speech: noun
Register: informal
Level: A1
Frequency: No. 48 in the course corpus

Meanings

front; before
in front (of)
before (e.g. a building)
before
earlier
previously
prior
ago
(minutes) to (the hour)
(the) front
frontal part
fore
head (e.g. of a line)
forward
ahead
(in the) presence (of)
in front (of someone)
previous (e.g. page)
prior (e.g. engagement)
first (e.g. half)
former (e.g. example)
portion
helping
front (of one's body or clothing)
breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
privates
private parts
criminal record
previous conviction
(a) prior

Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))

Kanji

前
On reading:
ゼン
Kun reading:
-まえ、まえ
Meanings:
in front, before

Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))

Examples

駅の前にいます
I'm in front of the station.

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