前

noun

1. the front

   “前(まえ)へ進(すす)む”

2. the past

   “前(まえ)にも言(い)ったように”

3. previous

   “前(まえ)の記(き)事(じ)”

suffix

1. a portion, an amount

   “六(ろく)人(にん)前(まえ)の御(ご)膳(ぜん)”

2. ago

   “三(さん)年(ねん)前(まえ)”

3. makes place names that refer to the vicinity of a point of interest

   “市(し)役(やく)所(しょ)前(まえ)”

prefix

1. the last, the previous

2. pre- (of an era)

suffix

1. ago

2. before

suffix

1. an honorific suffix added to a noun denoting a person

   “尼(あま)前(ぜ)”