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🕐Time & Dates

以前いぜん

izen

in the past; before

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Example sentence

彼は以前とは違う。

He is not what he used to be.

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
以下	N4	いか	いかless than, below
以内	N4	いない	いないwithin, less (no more) than
以上	N4	いじょう	いじょうmore than; this is all
以外	N4	いがい	いがいother than, with the exception of, excepting
以来	N3	いらい	いらいsince, henceforth
以降	N2	いこう	いこうon and after, hereafter
以後	N2	いご	いごafter this; from now on; hereafter

More Time & Dates words

Word	Reading	Meaning
日中	にっちゅう	にっちゅうdaytime, broad daylight
後	ご	ごafter / later (used in compounds, formal; e.g. 午後[ごご] = afternoon)
後	のち	のちafterwards / later / from then on (more literary/formal; e.g. 雨[あめ]のち晴れ[はれ] = rain then clear)
今日	こんにち	こんにちtoday, this day (formal)
一度に	いちどに	いちどにall at once
現在	げんざい	げんざいnow (same as 今 (いま)), present, current
今回	こんかい	こんかいthis time, now
夜	よ	よevening, night (used in compounds)

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