直前

Chinese

 
straight; vertical; frank
straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (直前)
simp. #(直前)

Pronunciation


Verb

直前

  1. to go straight ahead

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょく
Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Sinitic, composed of (choku, direct, straight) + (zen, front, forward; before). Date of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょくぜん [chòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ちょく)(ぜん) (chokuzen) 

  1. directly in front, directly ahead
  2. just before
    彼女(かのじょ)結婚式(けっこんしき)直前(ちょくぜん)病気(びょうき)にかかった。
    Kanojo wa kekkonshiki no chokuzen ni byōki ni kakatta.
    She became ill just before the wedding.

Antonyms

Verb

(ちょく)(ぜん)する (chokuzen suru) suru (stem (ちょく)(ぜん) (chokuzen shi), past (ちょく)(ぜん)した (chokuzen shita))

  1. to go straight ahead
  2. to proceed immediately

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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