Chinese edit

 
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 edit


Verb edit

直前

  1. to go straight ahead

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(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 edit

Verb edit

(ちょく)(ぜん)する (chokuzen surusuru (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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN