前後（ぜんご）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: front and back
Example sentences
- 開始時間の前後に人が集まる。 — People gather around the starting time.
- 前後をよく確認して道を渡る。 — Check carefully in front and behind before crossing the road.
Idioms & proverbs containing “前後”
- 前後不覚 (ぜんごふかく) — unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
- 前後矛盾 (ぜんごむじゅん) — self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
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