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Meaning of 以前 in Japanese
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以前, 已前JLPT 3
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Kana Readingいぜん
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Romajiizen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- ago; since; before; previous
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Examples of 以前, 已前, いぜん in a sentence
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「以前にどこかで会ったことがありませんか」とその学生はたずねた。
Haven't we met somewhere before? asked the student.
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「以前にどこかで会ったことがありませんか」とその学生はたずねた。
Haven't we met somewhere before? asked the student.
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I used to smoke, I was quite a heavy smoker.
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There had never been any ill-feeling between them until that night.
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Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.
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この頃、親たちは子供たちを以前よりもっと大人として扱い、子供には自分で人生上の選択をする自由が今まで以上に与えられている。
Nowadays parents treat their children more as equals than they used to and the child is given more freedom to make his or her own decisions in life.
Related Kanji
3 strokes
stop, halt, previously, already, long ago
On'Yomi: イ
Kun'Yomi: や.む, すで.に, のみ, はなはだ
5 strokes
by means of, because, in view of, compared with
On'Yomi: イ
Kun'Yomi: もっ.て