前後
ぜんご
front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun
front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth- before and after
Noun, suffix, Noun, Adverb
around; about; approximatelyNoun
order; context- consequences
All 8 meanings
- just when; around the time of
Noun, Suru verb
inversion; reversion; getting out of orderNoun, Suru verb, Intransitive
co-occurring; happening at the same time
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
Noun
front and rear; front and back; before and behindArchaic
Example sentences
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Swing your arm back and forth.
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He shook his head back and forth.
ランプが前後にゆれていた。
The lamp was swinging back and forth.
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I weigh 70 kilos, give or take a few kilos.
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This was how matters stood at the turn of the century.
More examples (6)
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When the bomb was dropped, I felt the house rock back and forth.
女子は10〜11歳前後、男子は11〜12歳前後で思春期を迎える。
Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.
倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。
Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
日本のＯＤＡは返済期間３０年、利率２％前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。
Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
現在、中古で10万円前後にて、150cc〜250ccのバイク購入検討しているのですが。
Say, at the moment I'm considering acquiring a used bike of 150 or 250 cc for more or less a hundred thousand Japanese yen.
近い距離を伝えるのにはくるくる輪を描きながら踊り、もっと遠い距離を示すには体を揺すったり、前後に飛んだりする。
They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.