Meaning
before · in front
On'yomi
ゼン
Kun'yomi
-まえ · まえ
Common compounds (133)
- あたり前 あたりまえnatural; reasonable; obvious
- 建て前 たてまえceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
- 持ちまえ もちまえnatural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
- 名まえ なまえname
- 以前 いぜんbefore; prior to; ago
- 当前 とうぜんnaturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course
- 前売 まえうりadvance sale; booking
- 一人まえ ひとりまえadult; grown-up; person who has come of age
- 目先 めさきappearance
- 前々 まえまえa long time ago; long before now
- 前もって まえもってin advance; beforehand; previously
- 人まえ ひとまえpresence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others