Meaning of 前/meaning-of-ます in Japanese
Definition of 前/meaning-of-ます
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
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(n) measuring container; measure
灯火をますの下にかくすな。
Hide not your light under a bushel. - box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
- square on a grid; cell of a grid
- square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
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(n, adj-no, n-suf, pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
その作家はどの位前になくなりましたか。
How long ago did the author die? -
point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
1987年10月のある朝、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分のコンピューターの前に座っていた。
One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer. - head (of a line); front
- ahead; the other side
- the future; hereafter
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destination
わぁあ〜〜っ!?隠してっ!前、隠してよっ!
M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up! - the other party
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(n) trout; sea trout
彼らは川でマスを釣った。
They fished the stream for trout.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (aux-v) used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
- used to indicate respect for those affected by the action
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)