Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 9

前

Meaning in English

in front, before, devant

Readings

Onyomi: ゼン Kunyomi: まえ, -まえ Romaji: zen / mae, -mae

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

前

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese em frente, diante, devant

Spanish delante, antes, devant

Korean 앞에, 전에, 데반트

French devant, avant, devant

Italian davanti, davanti, di fronte

German vorne, vorher, devant

Indonesian di depan, sebelum, devant

★ Vietnamese phía trước, trước mặt, devant

Thai ข้างหน้า, ก่อน, ด้านหน้า

Kanji

Related kanji

N2 則 soku / notto.ru rule, follow, based on N1 削 saku / kezu.ru, hatsu.ru, so.gu plane, sharpen, whittle N3 制 sei system, law, rule N2 券 ken ticket, ticket, coupon N1 剤 zai, sui, sei / karu, kezu.ru dose, medicine, drug N2 刺 shi / sa.su, sa.saru, sa.shi, sashi, toge thorn, pierce, stab N3 到 tou / ita.ru arrival, proceed, reach N3 刻 koku / kiza.mu, kiza.mi engrave, cut fine, chop N1 剛 gou sturdy, strength, fermeté

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 前 mae front / before N5 寝る前に neru mae ni before sleeping N5 行く前に iku mae ni before going N5 〜前に mae ni before N5 前に mae ni before N5 午前 gozen morning, a.m. N5 名前 namae name

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 前の仕事に比べて今の職場はかなり働きやすい Mae no shigoto ni kurabete ima no shokuba wa kanari hatarakiyasui Compared to my previous job this workplace is much easier to work at N3 この部屋は前より広くなったように感じる Kono heya wa mae yori hiroku natta you ni kanjiru This room feels larger than before N4 日本語が前より分かるようになりました。 Nihongo ga mae yori wakaru you ni narimashita. I have become able to understand Japanese better than before. N4 旅行の前にホテルを予約しておきます。 Ryokou no mae ni hoteru o yoyaku shite okimasu. I will reserve the hotel before the trip. N4 最近忙しいわけではないけど前より時間が少なくなった気がする Saikin isogashii wake de wa nai kedo mae yori jikan ga sukunaku natta ki ga suru It is not that I am busy but I feel I have less time than before N4 新しい方法を試してみたけど前のほうがよかったかもしれない Atarashii houhou o tameshite mita kedo mae no hou ga yokatta kamo shirenai I tried a new method but the previous one might have been better N4 前に習った文法を使って、短い文章を書いてみよう Mae ni naratta bunpou o tsukatte, mijikai bunshou o kaite miyou Let’s try writing a short text using the grammar we learned before N4 最近は前より早く起きられるようになって少し気分がいい Saikin wa mae yori hayaku okirareru you ni natte sukoshi kibun ga ii Recently I became able to wake earlier than before and feel better N4 会議の前に必要な資料をコピーしておいたほうがいいと思う Kaigi no mae ni hitsuyou na shiryou o kopii shite oita hou ga ii to omou I think it is better to copy necessary materials before the meeting