前提

ぜんてい

preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite, condition, assumption, hypothesis, given

大前提

だいぜんてい

major premise, principle

前提条件

ぜんていじょうけん

precondition, prerequisite

前提技術

ぜんていぎじゅつ

underlying technology, technical premise, precursor technology

前小口

まえこぐち

fore edge (of a book)

大小前

だいしょうまえ

upstage center (in a noh play)

小田原提灯

おだわらぢょうちん

(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern

結婚を前提に

けっこんをぜんていに

with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind

提

ひさげ

ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a young monk outside the gate (can read sutras he has never studied)

提題

ていだい

thesis (of an argument), claim, assertion

提琴

ていきん

tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

提説

ていせつ

proposed theory, proposition

提供

ていきょう

offer, tender, program sponsoring, programme sponsoring, furnishing, provisioning, supply

提示

ていじ

presentation, exhibit, suggest, citation

提出

ていしゅつ

to present, to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis), to hand in, to file, to turn in

提督

ていとく

admiral, commodore

提唱

ていしょう

advocacy, proposal

提言

ていげん

proposal, motion, recommendation