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前後 (ぜんご): Before and after — Japanese vocabulary

前後 is read ぜんご and means "Before and after". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

前後

Reading
ぜんご · zengo
Translation
Before and after
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ぜんごが

Example

彼は首を前後に振りました。

かれはくびをぜんごにふりました。

He shook his head back and forth.

Kanji in this word

  • 前 — front, before
  • 後 — behind, after

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