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    3. 食前

    食前

    食しょく前ぜん

    before meals

    KMT10News #39+1Noun, AdverbFood & DiningKanji Vocab18 strokes

    しょくぜん

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    before meals

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    この薬くすりは食しょく前ぜんに飲のんでください。

    Please take this medicine before meals.

    KMT3Food & DiningMedicine & Health
    レストランでは、食しょく前ぜん酒しゅとしてシャンパンを勧すすめられた。

    At the restaurant, I was recommended champagne as an aperitif (pre-meal drink).

    KMT9Food & Dining
    食しょく前ぜんには、軽かるいサラダを食たべるのが私わたしの習しゅう慣かんです。

    It's my habit to eat a light salad before meals.

    KMT10Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは食しょく前ぜんのワインを楽たのしみながら、今きょ日うの出で来き事ごとを振ふり返かえった。

    He reflected on the day's events while enjoying his pre-meal wine.

    KMT10Food & DiningDaily Life
    食しょく前ぜんの運うん動どうは、血けっ糖とう値ちの急きゅう激げきな上じょう昇しょうを抑おさえるのに役やく立だつと言いわれている。

    It is said that exercise before meals helps suppress a rapid rise in blood sugar levels.

    KMT10Food & DiningMedicine & HealthSports & Martial Arts

    Kanji that make up this word

    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
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