Word Meaning 直前

ちょくぜん chokuzen

直前 is read as ちょくぜん (chokuzen) and means just before.

Meaning

English

  1. just before
  2. just prior to
  3. right in front of
  4. just in front of

Reading

Kana

ちょくぜん

Romaji

chokuzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 直後 Rank 1921 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

直前指定要素

ちょくぜんしていようそ

previous specified element

直感

ちょっかん

intuition

直後

ちょくご

immediately following

じき

direct

直ちに

ただちに

directly (face, lead to, etc.)

直通

ちょくつう

direct line

直す

なおす

to cure

直進

ちょくしん

going straight on

直列

ちょくれつ

serial

直談判

じかだんぱん

direct talks

直面

ちょくめん

confrontation

直球

ちょっきゅう

straight ball (pitch)

Example Sentences

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I always get nervous just before a match.

The wedding was canceled at the last minute.

I always get nervous just before a match.

I feed my dog just before I eat dinner.

I always get nervous just before a match.

I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.

Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.

Just before the wedding, the drunken father shouted at the groom: "I won't hand out my daughter to some stranger!"