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前: front

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前 qián

noun
: front; in front of, forward; ahead; first; future; ago; before; former

Kun Reading

前 | まえ mae

adverbial noun | temporal noun | suffix
: ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
: in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
: head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
: in the presence of
: helping; portion
: privates; private parts

前 | さき saki

noun
: previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
: point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
: head (of a line); front
: ahead; the other side
: the future; hereafter
: destination
: the other party

前に | まえに maeni

adverb
: ahead; before; ago

お前 | おまえ omae OR おまい omai OR おめえ omee

adverb
: (Familiar language) (Male term or language) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
: presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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前 | ぜん zen

noun prefix
: the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. “the last mayor”); previous; one-time; former
: (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. “premodern”)
: before; earlier

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

Kun Reading

さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

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めい mei

noun
:brightness
: clarity; acumen
: power of vision

みょう myou

noun
: (buddhist term) vidya (wisdom)
: mantra; (Prefix) the coming (4th of July)

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