Definition of 前/meaning-of-とおり
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (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-adv, n) avenue; street; way; road
それは2通りに解釈できる。
That reads two different ways. - coming and going; street traffic
1人の生徒がベイスン通りで車にひかれた。
A student was run over by a car on Basin Street. - flow (of water, air, etc.)
- transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
- fame; reputation; popularity
- the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
- understanding; comprehension
- (ctr) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
- (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) 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)
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