Word Meaning 前日

ぜんじつ zenjitsu

前日 is read as ぜんじつ (zenjitsu) and means previous day.

Meaning

English

  1. previous day
  2. day before
  3. eve
  4. prior day
  5. preceding day

Reading

Kana

ぜんじつ

Romaji

zenjitsu

Writing Variants

  • 前日 まえび maebi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 1602 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

期日前投票

きじつまえとうひょう

early voting

前半

ぜんはん

first half

前年

ぜんねん

the preceding year

前後

ぜんご

before and after

前もって

まえもって

in advance

さき

future

ぜん

before

まえ

(in the) presence (of)

前々

まえまえ

a long time ago

前書き

まえがき

preface

前山

ぜんざん

foothills

今日

こんにち

today

Example Sentences

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Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.

I had rented it the day before.

He said that he had met her on the previous day.

I lost the watch I'd bought the day before.

Please get plenty of sleep the day before donating blood.

We will be conducting an inspection on your stomach tomorrow morning at nine, so please do not ingest anything for twelve hours beforehand.

Holding an extra entrance ceremony for second year students who weren't able to attend last academic year, what a stellar idea.