"以前" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以前",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "以",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izen",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いぜん"
      },
      "expansion": "以(い)前(ぜん) • (izen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
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            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Based on this reasoning, we have consistently indicated that we will not withdraw from either project.",
          "ref": "2022 April 6, 萩生田光一, quotee, “第208回国会 衆議院 経済産業委員会 第7号 令和4年4月6日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Kōshita kangae-kata ni motozuite, izen kara, ryō-purojekuto kara tettai shinai hōkōsei o shimeshite mairi-mashita.",
          "text": "こうした考え方に基づいて、以前から、両プロジェクトから撤退しない方向性を示してまいりました。",
          "translation": "Based on this reasoning, we have consistently indicated that we will not withdraw from either project.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "before, formerly, ago"
      ],
      "id": "en-以前-ja-noun-eE8OZIPg",
      "links": [
        [
          "before",
          "before"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "ago",
          "ago"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the one",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the one) before, formerly, ago"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the former, the previous"
      ],
      "id": "en-以前-ja-noun-EB5k3KTE",
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[izẽ̞ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "いぜん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 以 read as い",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以前",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "以",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "izen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いぜん"
      },
      "expansion": "以(い)前(ぜん) • (izen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              13,
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            ]
          ],
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            [
              33,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Based on this reasoning, we have consistently indicated that we will not withdraw from either project.",
          "ref": "2022 April 6, 萩生田光一, quotee, “第208回国会 衆議院 経済産業委員会 第7号 令和4年4月6日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館:",
          "roman": "Kōshita kangae-kata ni motozuite, izen kara, ryō-purojekuto kara tettai shinai hōkōsei o shimeshite mairi-mashita.",
          "text": "こうした考え方に基づいて、以前から、両プロジェクトから撤退しない方向性を示してまいりました。",
          "translation": "Based on this reasoning, we have consistently indicated that we will not withdraw from either project.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "before, formerly, ago"
      ],
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        [
          "before",
          "before"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "ago",
          "ago"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "the one",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the one) before, formerly, ago"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the former, the previous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[izẽ̞ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "いぜん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}