Vocab Info

N3 Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, Adverb

以前(いぜん)ago, since, before, previous

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, used as a suffix

      1.

      before, prior to, ago

    2. Noun, Adverb

      2.

      the past, before, previously, former times

    All Forms

    以前 【いぜん】已前 【いぜん】

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    Examples

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      (はち)()以前(いぜん)登校(とうこう)してはいけません。

      You must not come to school before 8:00.

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      以前(いぜん)(ちが)って(あね)はとても(あか)るい(ひと)になりました。

      Unlike before, my sister has become a very cheerful person.

      • N3

      (かれ)とは以前(いぜん)()った(こと)がある。そのために(かれ)とは(はなし)がとても()う。

      I have met him before. That is why he and I get along very well.

      • N3

      確認(かくにん)をしなかったら結婚(けっこん)以前(いぜん)住所(じゅうしょ)書類(しょるい)(とど)くところでした。

      If I had not checked, the documents would have been sent to my pre-marriage address.

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      彼女(かのじょ)がそのタスクを出来(でき)なかったのは能力(のうりょく)以前(いぜん)問題(もんだい)だったと(かんが)えている。

      I think that her not being able to do that task was a problem even before her ability

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