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    3. 前後

    前後

    前ぜん後ご

    front and rear

    N2KMT4News #6+1CoreCore ConceptsDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ぜんご

    Noun

    1.
    front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth
    2.
    before and after

    Noun, Suffix, Adverb

    3.
    around, about, approximately

    Noun

    4.
    order, context
    5.
    consequences
    6.
    just when, around the time of

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    7.
    inversion, reversion, getting out of order

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    8.
    co-occurring, happening at the same time

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    車くるまの前ぜん後ごを確かく認にんしてください。

    Please check the front and back of the car.

    KMT3Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    彼かれは会かい議ぎの前ぜん後ごで忙いそがしかった。

    He was busy before and after the meeting.

    KMT4Daily LifeWork & Career
    私わたしは毎まい日にち、通つう勤きんに片かた道みち1時じ間かん前ぜん後ごかかります。

    My commute takes about an hour each way every day.

    KMT4Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    この本ほんは、約やく300ページ前ぜん後ごです。

    This book is about 300 pages long.

    KMT4Core ConceptsDaily Life
    その事じ故この前ぜん後ごで、彼かれの行こう動どうに不ふ審しんな点てんが見みられた。

    Suspicious points were observed in his behavior before and after the accident.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
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