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noun
1.
the above sentence, the foregoing remark
2.
preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.)
3.
opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)

noun
a long time ago, long before now
See also:前々から
Other readings:
前前【まえまえ】

noun, no-adjective
1.
forward, frontward, ahead
See also:後方 (antonym)
2.
rectangular front

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
last week, the week before

noun
1.
(preliminary) skirmish
2.
prelude, preliminary encounter, warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

noun
first half of the game or match
Other readings:
前半戦【ぜんぱんせん】

noun, no-adjective
unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history (unparallelled), record-breaking(yojijukugo)

noun, no-adjective
omen, portent, sign, premonition, harbinger, precursor, presentiment
Other readings:
前徴【ぜんちょう】

noun, no-adjective
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division(sumo term)

noun, no-adjective
aforesaid, above-mentioned, said, above

noun, no-adjective
front part, fore, front

noun, auxillary suru verb
payment in advance, prepayment
Other readings:
前払【まえばらい】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
advance warning, previous notice, announcement
2.
herald, harbinger, forerunner, portent, omen
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前ぶれ【まえぶれ】

expression
1.
Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...(opening formula of a brief letter)
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
omitting the beginning

noun
ticket sold in advance, advance ticket
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前売券【まえうりけん】

noun
preface, foreword, preamble

noun, auxillary suru verb
getting an advance (on one's salary)
See also:前貸し

noun
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

noun
1.
front garden, front yard
2.
vestibule (of the ear)(anatomical term)(only relevant for ぜんてい)
Other readings:
前庭【まえにわ】

noun
1.
garden pond, miniature lake
2.
fountain
Other readings:
前水【せんすい】

noun
preceding paragraph, first part

noun, no-adjective
former (incumbent), predecessor

noun
1.
front wheel
2.
saddle fork(only relevant for まえわ)
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前輪【まえわ】

no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
aforementioned, above-mentioned

noun
preceding paragraph, section, or verse

noun
hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, appetiser, starter

noun, auxillary suru verb
previous remarks

noun
1.
opening performance, opening act, curtain raiser
2.
minor performer, minor storyteller, subordinate part

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
forward inclination (of the body), bending forward
2.
anteversion(medical term)

no-adjective, noun
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.), unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)(yojijukugo)
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前人未踏【ぜんじんみとう】

noun
previous conviction, criminal record, previous offense, previous offence

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade), outriding
2.
harbinger, herald, precursor, forerunner, foretoken
3.
anticipation
Other readings:
前駆【せんぐ】[1]
前駆【ぜんぐ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
antiquity, the previous era

noun
preceding paragraph

noun
front tooth
Other readings:
前歯【まえば】

noun
previous generation, former ages

noun
forefoot, forefeet, foreleg, forelimb
Other readings:
前脚【まえあし】
前脚【ぜんきゃく】
前肢【まえあし】
前肢【ぜんし】

noun
foothills, first range of mountains

noun
ibid., the above-mentioned publication

noun
morning session (stock exchange), morning trading(finance term)
See also:後場

noun
first part, first volume, prequel
See also:後編
Other readings:
前編【ぜんぺん】

noun
first wife, legal wife(archaism)
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嫡妻【こなみ】

noun
skilled miner, coal-cutter
See also:後山
Other readings:
前山【さきやま】

noun
former convict, old offender, ex-convict, person with a criminal record
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前科者【ぜんかもの】

noun
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE), Western Han dynasty

noun
(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post(yojijukugo)

noun, no-adjective
(sexual) foreplay

noun
compared to previous period, quarter-to-quarter basis, from the previous quarter

noun
prodrome, premonitory symptom, advance symptom(medical term)

noun
Braxton-Hicks contractions, practice contractions, false labor pains
See also:陣痛

noun, auxillary suru verb
bend forward

no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
above-mentioned, given above, previously shown

expression
(in the work) cited, aforementioned work, op. cit. (opere citato, opus citatum)

noun, no-adjective
month-to-month basis, month-over-month

noun
1.
aforementioned, previous case
2.
antecedent
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