Detail word “前”
まえ ぜん
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ma\e
☆ noun, used as a prefix
◆ the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"), previous, one-time, former
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Did you go to the last class?
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He didn't come to the last meeting.
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This is to make up for the last time.
◆ pre- (e.g. "premodern")
☆ nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
☆ kind. n
◆ before, earlier
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See you a little before 7.
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Get 'em before they get you!
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Come home before six.
Antonym
  • 後ろ
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The kanji
前 「ゼン」
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Kanji radicals:
訓: まえ -まえ
音: ゼン