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JLPT N2 · Noun / adverb

前後 (zengo)

前後 (ぜんご, zengo) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “front and rear; front and back”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ぜんご
Romaji
zengo
Word class
Noun / adverb
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth · noun
  2. before and after · noun
  3. around; about; approximately · suffix noun, noun, adverb · after a quantity, age, time, etc.
  4. order; context · noun
  5. consequences · noun

Example sentences

彼は首を前後に振りました。
He shook his head back and forth.
Tatoeba #104421
日本のＯＤＡは返済期間３０年、利率２％前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。
Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
Tatoeba #122686
倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。
Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
Tatoeba #75093

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 前後

前
in front, beforeゼン・まえ・-まえ · 9 strokes
後
behind, back, laterゴ・コウ・のち・うし.ろ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 前後.

前まえin front (of)午前ごぜんmorning名前なまえname以前いぜんbeforeお前おまえyou前者ぜんしゃthe former前進ぜんしんadvance当たり前あたりまえnatural前もってまえもってin advance前ぜんlast (i.e. immediately preceding)直前ちょくぜんjust before手前てまえbefore oneself腕前うでまえability事前じぜんprior

Source: JMdict entry 1392910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.