前者

N1 建前 tatemae position; stance one takes in public; principle N1 悪者 warumono bad fellow, rascal N1 前売 maeuri advance sale, booking N1 前置き maeoki preface, introduction N1 真ん前 mammae right in front, under the nose N2 ～者 ～sha person N2 作者 sakusha author, artist N2 前～ zen～ former, late ~, past ~ N2 前後 zengo front and back, before and after

N5 前 zen / mae, -mae in front, before, devant N4 者 sha / mono someone, person, personne