Word Meaning 以前

いぜん izen

以前 is read as いぜん (izen) and means before.

Meaning

English

before
prior to
ago
the past
previously
former times

Reading

Kana

いぜん

Romaji

izen

Writing Variants

已前いぜん izen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 以降,以後 Rank 2453 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人間以前

にんげんいぜん

The Pre-Persons (Philip K Dick, 1974)

有史以前

ゆうしいぜん

prehistory

歴史以前

れきしいぜん

prehistoric

未生以前

みしょういぜん

before one's birth

以下

いか

including ...

以来

いらい

since

以後

いご

after this

以上

いじょう

that's all

以外

いがい

with the exception of

以て

もって

adds emphasis to preceding word

建前

たてまえ

ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

目前

もくぜん

before one's very eyes