Word Meaning 前頭

ぜんとう zentou

前頭 is read as ぜんとう (zentou) and means front of the head.

Meaning

English

  1. front of the head

Reading

Kana

ぜんとう

Romaji

zentou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 後頭 Rank 64574 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

前頭筆頭

まえがしらひっとう

two highest ranked maegashira wrestlers

前頭葉

ぜんとうよう

frontal lobe

前頭部

ぜんとうぶ

front

前頭前野

ぜんとうぜんや

prefrontal cortex

前頭上位

まえがしらじょうい

ten highest ranked maegashira wrestlers certain to wrestle against san'yaku ranks

前頭筋

ぜんとうきん

frontalis muscle

前頭骨

ぜんとうこつ

frontal bone (of the skull)

前頭前皮質

ぜんとうぜんひしつ

prefrontal cortex

中前頭回

ちゅうぜんとうかい

middle frontal gyrus

上前頭回

じょうぜんとうかい

superior frontal gyrus

下前頭回

かぜんとうかい

inferior frontal gyrus

前庭

ぜんてい

vestibule (of the ear)

Example Sentences

1

Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed, for example. They are also sometimes unable to distinguish dreams from reality.