前

ぜん

• Prefix noun
  1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former.

     See also 前 .

  2. (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern").

• Adjective / Noun

  no-adjective, common noun
  1. before; earlier.