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JLPT N3 · Pronoun

お前 (omae)

お前 (おまえ, omae) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “you”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おまえ
Romaji
omae
Word class
Pronoun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. you · pronoun · familiar, masculine · formerly honorific, now very informal
  2. before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of · noun

Example sentences

お前を娘の夫にしよう。
You shall be my daughter's husband.
Tatoeba #226919

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

Kanji in お前

前
in front, beforeゼン・まえ・-まえ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お前.

前まえin front (of)午前ごぜんmorning名前なまえname以前いぜんbefore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)前後ぜんごfront and rear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 1002290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.