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前者 (ぜんしゃ): the former — Japanese vocabulary

前者 is read ぜんしゃ and means "the former". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

前者

Reading
ぜんしゃ · zensha
Translation
the former
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ぜんしゃが

Example

魚と肉はともに栄養があるが、後者のほうが前者より値段が高い。

さかなとにくはともにえいようがあるが、こうしゃのほうがぜんしゃよりねだんがたかい。

Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.

Kanji in this word

  • 前 — front, before
  • 者 — person (suffix)

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