Definition of 前/meaning-of-どうのじてん
- (adv) how; in what way; how about
あなたはあの車をどう処理したのですか?
What did you do with that car?
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia
その事典は約50万語の単語を収めている。
The dictionary contains about half a million words.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n, adj-no, n-suf, pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
その作家はどの位前になくなりましたか。
How long ago did the author die? - point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
1987年10月のある朝、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分のコンピューターの前に座っていた。
One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer. - head (of a line); front
- ahead; the other side
- the future; hereafter
- destination
わぁあ〜〜っ!?隠してっ!前、隠してよっ!
M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up! - the other party
- (n) motion; change; confusion
私たちはスペリオル湖まで景色のよい自動車動をドライブした。
We went for a scenic drive as far as Lake Superior.
- (pref) the same; the said; ibid.
英語はドイツ語と同語族である。
The English language is cognate to the German language.
- (n) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
ダックスフントは、非常に長い胴と短い足をしたドイツ犬である。
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs. - plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
- frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
- (prt) indicates possessive
- nominalizes verbs and adjectives
- substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
- (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
- (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
- (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
- (n) dictionary
私はいつも辞典を3冊手元に置いています。
I always keep three dictionaries at hand.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) road
- way
- Buddhist teachings
- Taoism
- modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
- historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
- province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- province (modern administrative region of Korea)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (pref) precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very
- derogatory prefix used before nouns & adjectives
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
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