How to say before in Japanese

JLPTN2
手前★【てまえtemae】

noun:

  • before; this side
  • one's standpoint; one's appearance

pronoun:

Example Sentences

「以前にizenniどこかdokokaでde会ったattaことがありませんkotogaarimasenかka」とtoそのsono学生gakuseiはhaたずねたtazuneta。
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
最初saisho着るkiru前maeにni洗濯sentakuしshiてteくださいkudasai。
Wash before first wearing.
電車denshaがga停tomaまるmaruまでmade開けakeないnaiでde。
Do not open before the train stops.
土曜日doyoubiまでmadeにni本honをwo返さkaesaなけれnakereばbaなりnariませmaseんn。
I have to give back the book before Saturday.
馬鹿が移るbakagautsuruまえmaeにniそのようなsonoyouna宗教shuukyouにni関わらんkakawaranほうがいいhougaii。
You should stay away from cults like that before you turn into a moron.

© Based on JMdict, KANJIDIC2, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. Example sentences from the Tatoeba project (CC BY 2.0). Kanji stroke order data from the KanjiVG project by Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). See comprehensive list of data sources for more info.