Word · 単語
前後
Reading ぜんご
front and rear
- 1 front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth
- 2 before and after
- 3 around, about, approximately — after a quantity, age, time, etc.
- 4 order, context
- 5 consequences
- 6 just when, around the time of
- 7 inversion, reversion, getting out of order
- 8 co-occurring, happening at the same time — as 前後して
N2
JLPT
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strokes
#1681
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼は首を前後に振りました。
He shook his head back and forth.
sense 1 · front and rear
倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。
Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
sense 4 · order
日本のＯＤＡは返済期間３０年、利率２％前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。
Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
sense 3 · around
ランプが前後にゆれていた。
The lamp was swinging back and forth.
腕を前後に振りなさい。
Swing your arm back and forth.