- suffix before; prior to; ago
- noun, adverb the past; before; previously; former times
以前
いぜん
before
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彼は以前ほど太ってない。 He is not as fat as he was. #110162
彼は以前より少し早く来た。 He came a little earlier than he used to. #110157
以前はこの教会にいました。 I've been in this church before. #191181
以前は70kgありました。 I used to weigh seventy kilos. #9392645
以前は、どこに住んでたの? Where did you use to live? #11737670
以前どこかで拝見しました。 I've seen them somewhere before. #11956322
私は以前は毎朝散歩しました。 I used to take a walk every morning. #158539
小説は以前ほど読まれていない。 Novels aren't being read as much as they were in the past. #146939