ぜんせん – Vocabulary details

ぜんせん

Meanings

Noun

Meteorology

1. (weather) front

前ぜん線せんが近ちかづいているので、明あ日したは雨あめになりそうだ。A front is approaching, so it'll probably rain tomorrow.

2. front line; the front; battlefront; forward area

前ぜん線せんでこそ、国こっ家かのお役やくに立たつでしょう。It is precisely on the front line that you will be of service to the nation.

Alt. forms

前ぜん線せん

100%

ぜんせん

Pitch accent

ぜ

んせん

Composed of

ぜん

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

せん

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

Used in vocabulary (16 in total)

さいぜんせん

front line; forefront

ぜんせんきち

frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost

frontline troops

seasonal rain front

cherry blossom front

cold front

autumn rain front; fall rain front

かいかぜんせん

(cherry) blossom front; flower front

ていたいぜんせん

stationary weather front

warm front

polar front

volcanic front

polar front

autumn rain front; fall rain front

はなぜんせん

(cherry) blossom front; flower front

こうようぜんせん

autumn foliage front; fall foliage front

Examples (6 in total)

ぜんせんで働はたらきたいと思おもってるよ。

I want to work on the front line.

発はっ達たつしたぜんせんが通つう過かしてるからだ。

It's because a strong front is passing through.

彼かれはぜんせんに送おくりこまれた。

He was sent to the front lines.