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前提 (ぜんてい): Premise / prerequisite — Japanese vocabulary

前提 is read ぜんてい and means "Premise / prerequisite". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

前提

Reading
ぜんてい · zentei
Translation
Premise / prerequisite
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ぜんていが

Example

人生とは不十分な前提から十分な結論を引き出す技術である。

じんせいとはふじゅうぶんなぜんていからじゅうぶんなけつろんをひきだすぎじゅつである。

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Kanji in this word

  • 前 — front, before
  • 提 — propose, carry

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