Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
Japanese to English Dictionary

前後

zengo

Description

「前後」は、時間や場所の「前」と「後ろ」を合わせた言葉です。

"前後" is a word that combines "before" and "after" in terms of time or place.

数字のあとに使うと、「だいたいそのくらい」という意味になります。

When used after a number, "前後" means "approximately that amount."

Meanings

前後zengo

front and back; before and after

車の前後をよく見て運転します。

Drive while carefully watching both front and back of the car.

前後zengo

approximately; around; about

三時前後にまた来ます。

I'll come again around three o'clock.

前後するzengo suru

to be out of order; to go back and forth

話が前後してすみません。

Sorry for the story being out of order.

Related words

前後左右以内くらい

Notes

  • Etymology

    前 (mae/zen, front) + 後 (ushiro/go, back), combined into one compound.

  • Nuance

    After a number, means 'approximately'; alone or spatially, means 'front and back'.

Images

Google ImagesBing ImagesGiphy