Definition of 前置詞 (ぜんちし)

noun
preposition(linguistics)
See also:後置詞
Related Kanji
in front, before
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
part of speech, words, poetry
Example sentences(showing 4 results)

ぜん
前置詞
しょうりゃく
省略
You can omit the preposition in this phrase

かれ
ぜん
前置詞
べんきょ
勉強
せんねん
専念
He concentrated on his study of prepositions

えい
英語
おも
主な
ひん
品詞
: 
めい
名詞
どう
動詞
けいよう
形容詞
ふく
副詞
だいめい
代名詞
ぜん
前置詞
せつぞく
接続詞
かんたん
感嘆詞
In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection

ぜん
前置詞
+
かんけいだいめい
関係代名詞
which
ぶん
部分
かんけいふく
関係副詞
where
However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where)