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直前 (ちょくぜん): just before — Japanese vocabulary

直前 is read ちょくぜん and means "just before". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

直前

Reading
ちょくぜん · chokuzen
Translation
just before
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ちょくぜんが

Example

試合の直前にはいつもあがっています。

しあいのちょくぜんにはいつもあがっています。

I always get nervous just before a match.

Kanji in this word

  • 直 — straight, fix
  • 前 — front, before

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