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► 名詞
  [(1)まえ]    meaning:  ago  rank: 1
☆ それは随分前のだ ⇨ That happened quite a while ago
☆ は三前にウィンブルドン優勝した ⇨ He won at Wimbledon 3 years ago
☆ 彼女は十分位前に帰った ⇨ She went home about 10 minutes ago

  [(1)まえ]    meaning:  before  rank: 1
☆ 前の首相 ⇨ The previous Prime Minister
☆ には前が有る ⇨ He has priors, criminal records
☆ には前に会ったことがある ⇨ I met him before
☆ の前に未だ待っている ⇨ There are still 3 people waiting before me

  [(1)まえ]    meaning:  front  rank: 1
☆ 前のブレーキけた ⇨ The car in front of me slammed on the brake
☆ 子供の前でそのをしないで ⇨ Don’t talk about it in front of the kids
☆ 運転するは前をろ ⇨ Look ahead when you drive a car
☆ の前の銀行 ⇨ The bank in front of the station

► 接尾辞
  [まえ]    meaning:  portion  rank: 3
☆ 昼食を十人前注文した ⇨ I ordered lunch for 10 people  (☛ 一人前(いちにんまえ), 二人前(ににんまえ), 三人前)

► 接頭辞
  [(1)ぜん]  [liter]    meaning:  before  rank: 1
☆ 売上の前年度との比較 ⇨ A comparison of sales with the previous year
☆ 小泉前首相 ⇨ A former prime minister Koizumi


More examples:
  • は前後不覚状態だった ⇨ He was conscious but not responsive
  • 前をろ! ⇨ Look ahead!
  • 彼等製品の名前を公募した ⇨ They asked the public to suggest a name for the new product
  • 彼女は試合前に入念ストレッチをしている ⇨ She is stretching thoroughly before the game
  • 彼女の名前をメモった ⇨ He wrote down her name
  • 事前の予約必要です ⇨ You need a prior reservation
  • の前にある案件処理するだけで手一杯だ ⇨ Right now we have our hands full dealing with the issue right in front of us
  • はいつもレースの前半は最後尾ける ⇨ He always stays at the very last in the first half of a race
  • うちのの前の傾斜している ⇨ The road in front of my house is sloped
  • 当時はそれがたり前だった ⇨ That was normal at that time
  • 天皇陛下にお前がそのようなくとはい ⇨ It is utterly disrespectful of someone like you to say something like that to the esteemed emperor
  • あいつは始末するからお前達は手出しするな ⇨ I will take care of him myself, so you guys stay out
  • お前なんかと遊んでいるはない ⇨ I don’t have time to play with someone like you
  • 入り口の前に立ちふさがった ⇨ He stood in front of the door (to block others from entering)
  • お前マジかよ? ⇨ Are you serious? You gotta be kidding, right?