Definition of 前/meaning-of-じざいかぎ
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) character (i.e. kanji)
- hand-writing; penmanship
- the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")
- (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) 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) hemorrhoids; piles
最近、以前からある痔が痛みます。
Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.
- (n) address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
- ci (Chinese literary form)
- ancillary word
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (ctr) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) ground; land; earth; soil
- the region in question; the local area
- skin
- texture; fabric; material; weave
- base; background
- one's true nature
- narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
- real life; actuality
- (in the game of go) captured territory
- noh chorus
- (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music
- (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive)
- base part (of multiple shamisens)
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